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South Dakota Colleges Summary

South Dakota has the tenth lowest number of colleges and career schools of all US States with 21 as of 2005. It is also one of six US states with fewer than 50,000 students. Average SAT scores are relatively low at those South Dakota colleges that require them, and South Dakota is one of six US states with an average SAT score of less than 475.

South Dakota has only one college, with more than 10,000 students, South Dakota State University. The next largest college is the University of South Dakota, with just over 8,500 students. Other schools of interest include: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology which has more than 2,000 students and the North American Baptist Seminary, which has around 100 students.

The mailing address and web site address for the Department of Education in South Dakota is as follows:

700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501-2291
Website: http://doe.sd.gov/

South Dakota Colleges and Career Schools

SchoolCityStudentsDormsOpen AdmissionTypical SAT Range
Augustana CollegeSioux Falls1,7451,217NoV: 490-650
M: 530-590
W: 540-660
Avera McKennan Hospital School of Radiologic TechnologySioux Falls23 No 
Avera Sacred Heart HospitalYankton12 No 
Black Hills Beauty CollegeRapid City130 Yes 
Black Hills State UniversitySpearfish4,052786No 
Colorado Technical UniversitySioux Falls  Yes 
Dakota State UniversityMadison2,546686No 
Dakota Wesleyan UniversityMitchell834335NoV: 400-480
M: 385-475
Headlines Academy IncRapid City81 No 
Kilian Community CollegeSioux Falls402 Yes 
Lake Area Technical InstituteWatertown1,090 No 
Mitchell Technical InstituteMitchell755 Yes 
Mount Marty CollegeYankton1,228360NoV: 510-615
M: 520-665
W: 515-630
National American University CampusSioux Falls, Watertown  Yes 
Northern State UniversityAberdeen2,578645NoV: 440-540
M: 450-550
Oglala Lakota CollegeKyle1,456 No 
Presentation CollegeAberdeen773137No 
Sanford Medical CenterSioux Falls27 No 
Sinte Gleska UniversityMission971 Yes 
Sioux Falls SeminarySioux Falls121 No 
Sisseton Wahpeton CollegeAgency Village245 Yes 
South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyRapid City2,070662NoV: 480-600
M: 540-630
South Dakota State UniversityBrookings11,6453,643No 
Southeast Technical InstituteSioux Falls2,201 Yes 
Stewart SchoolSioux Falls135 No 
University of Sioux FallsSioux Falls1,628598NoV: 460-510
M: 450-550
University of South DakotaVermillion9,2432,031No 
Western Dakota Technical InstituteRapid City1,036 No 
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