Colleges in South Dakota
Every college in South Dakota that reports to the federal government: 22 schools, 13 of them public. For each one, what a year actually costs after grant aid, the share of applicants admitted, the share of students who finish, and what graduates earn ten years after starting. All of it from public federal data, none of it ranked by us.
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Four-year colleges in South Dakota
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| Sioux Falls | Private | $23,283 | 68% | 73% | $61,271 | ||
| Spearfish | Public | $19,252 | 96% | 42% | $49,283 | ||
| Sioux Falls | Private (for-profit) | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported | ||
| Madison | Public | $20,554 | 88% | 49% | $53,378 | ||
| Mitchell | Private | $24,039 | 73% | 54% | $57,757 | ||
| Brookings | Private | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported | ||
| Sioux Falls | Private | not reported | 85% | not reported | not reported | ||
| Yankton | Private | $21,395 | 43% | 63% | $52,585 | ||
| Rapid City | Private (for-profit) | $31,654 | not reported | 33% | $38,663 | ||
| Aberdeen | Public | $15,279 | 93% | 52% | $51,006 | ||
| Kyle | Public | $1,431 | not reported | 7% | $24,373 | ||
| Mission | Public | $4,047 | not reported | 6% | $27,113 | ||
| Sisseton | Public | $3,110 | not reported | 11% | $30,641 | ||
| Rapid City | Public | $20,827 | 80% | 52% | $78,487 | ||
| Brookings | Public | $19,362 | 98% | 62% | $58,802 | ||
| Sioux Falls | Private | $21,417 | 83% | 64% | $59,404 | ||
| Vermillion | Public | $20,028 | 99% | 60% | $58,316 |
Two-year colleges in South Dakota
Community and technical colleges, where the main award is a two-year associate degree. Read the graduation figure here differently: it counts only students who finish at the school they started, so a student who transfers to a four-year college counts as not graduating even though transferring on is usually the entire point.
| Compare | |||||||
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| Watertown | Public | $15,278 | not reported | 76% | $48,729 | ||
| Mitchell | Public | $9,749 | not reported | 79% | $51,994 | ||
| Sioux Falls | Private | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported | ||
| Sioux Falls | Public | $15,616 | not reported | 61% | $51,280 | ||
| Rapid City | Public | $11,390 | not reported | 58% | $46,591 |
Data: IPEDS 2024; SAT from IPEDS admissions 2023; College Scorecard released 11/02/2026; financial composite score for fiscal year 2022-23; endowment from IPEDS finance 2022-23 divided by IPEDS 2023 enrollment. Refreshed 2026-11-08.
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