South Dakota State Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At South Dakota State University, the graduation rates was 62.35% (1,318 students out of 2,114 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 589 male and 729 female students have graduated from the school last year by completing their jobs in the period.

The following table and chart describe the graduation rates (150% normal time) by gender at South Dakota State University. Last year, the graduation rate was 62.35%. where 1,318 students out of 2,114 candidate completed their degree.

947 students completed their course in 4 years and 278 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 45 students graduated within 6 years, usually referred as 150% normal time.

The following table and chart show graduation rates by race/ethnicity. The numbers in parenthesis denotes number of completers over number of candidates for each category.

Non-resident alien student is not a US citizen and studies with student visa, such as F visa, in United States. At South Dakota State University, 23 of 35 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 65.71%.

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At South Dakota State University, the retention rate is 84% for full-time students and 60 % for part-time students.