Largest South Dakota Colleges

South Dakota State University is the largest South Dakota college with 11,327 students. The percentage of online students is 18.79% at the school.

University of South Dakota with 9,856 students and Black Hills State University with 3,425 students are following it in the largetst South Dakota college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest South Dakota online colleges.

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Key Admission and Academic Facts of Largest South Dakota Colleges With Most Students

South Dakota State University is the largest school with 11,327 students and University of South Dakota has the second largest population with 9,856 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

South Dakota State University stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. University of South Dakota also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $19,320 and graduate tuition & fees is $15,133 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 80.88% and the average SAT score is 1,122 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest South Dakota Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest South Dakota Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	South Dakota State University Brookings, SD Public, four-years	11,327 78	9,917	1,410	4,951	6,376	2,128	18 to 1
2 -	University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD Public, four-years	9,856 397	7,132	2,724	3,641	6,215	3,288	14 to 1
3 -	Black Hills State University Spearfish, SD Public, four-years	3,425 183	3,261	164	1,252	2,173	1,332	18 to 1
4 -	Northern State University Aberdeen, SD Public, four-years	3,344 87	2,851	493	1,228	2,116	1,475	16 to 1
5 -	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, SD Public, four-years	2,492 17	2,163	329	1,888	604	107	12 to 1
6 -	Augustana University Sioux Falls, SD Private, four-years	2,086 67	1,831	255	755	1,331	149	12 to 1
7 -	University of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, SD Private, four-years	1,594 34	1,325	269	616	978	180	17 to 1
8 1	Mount Marty University Yankton, SD Private, four-years	1,252 85	1,080	172	584	668	27	13 to 1
9 1	Oglala Lakota College Kyle, SD Public, four-years	1,177 74	1,147	30	343	834	324	10 to 1
10 -	Dakota Wesleyan University Mitchell, SD Private, four-years	887 46	723	164	412	475	94	12 to 1
	Average	3,744	3,143	601	1,567	2,177	910	14 to 1

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