South Dakota Public Colleges With The Highest Yield

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 6 Most Favored South Dakota Public Colleges is 37.78% for the academic year 2023-2024. Dakota State University has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 53.45% and South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (42.97%) and South Dakota State University (40.00%) are following it in the list of Most Favored South Dakota Public Colleges.

This ranking is only based on yield and more admission stats such as acceptance rate and SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

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Dakota State University has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 53.45% and South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has the second highest yield of 42.97%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $12,889 and graduate tuition & fees is $14,000 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 86.99% and the average SAT score is 1,114 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 6 Most Favored South Dakota Public Colleges.

Table. Most Favored South Dakota Public Colleges Comparison
	School Name	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Dakota State University Madison, SD Public, four-years	53.45% 9.33%	78.91%	1,080	$12,735 ($9,633)	3,241	48.00%	18 to 1
2 -	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, SD Public, four-years	42.97% 0.92%	82.69%	1,260	$14,800 ($10,400)	2,492	55.00%	12 to 1
3 -	South Dakota State University Brookings, SD Public, four-years	40.00% -	86.08%	1,140	$12,809 ($9,299)	11,327	59.00%	18 to 1
4 1	Black Hills State University Spearfish, SD Public, four-years	31.52% 2.11%	96.64%	1,030	$12,100 ($9,000)	3,425	44.00%	18 to 1
5 1	University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD Public, four-years	29.82% 3.35%	99.46%	1,185	$12,942 ($9,432)	9,856	57.00%	14 to 1
6 2	Northern State University Aberdeen, SD Public, four-years	28.94% 5.41%	78.14%	990	$11,947 ($8,845)	3,344	50.00%	16 to 1
	Average	37.78%	86.99%	1,114	$12,889 ($9,435)	5,614	52.17%	16 to 1

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