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Largest South Dakota Colleges with Most Enrollment

South Dakota State University has the most students of 11,327 for academic year 2022-2023 in South Dakota. University of South Dakota is ranked second with 9,856 students and Black Hills State University follows them with 3,425 students. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. Next table shows the schools that have most students by gender.
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Largest South Dakota Colleges with Most Enrollment
NameTotal # of StudentsFemaleMale
1South Dakota State University
Public, four-yearsBrookings, SD
11,3276,3764,951
2University of South Dakota
Public, four-yearsVermillion, SD
9,8566,2153,641
3Black Hills State University
Public, four-yearsSpearfish, SD
3,4252,1731,252
4Northern State University
Public, four-yearsAberdeen, SD
3,3442,1161,228
5Dakota State University
Public, four-yearsMadison, SD
3,2411,1562,085
6Augustana University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSioux Falls, SD
2,0861,331755
7University of Sioux Falls
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSioux Falls, SD
1,594978616
8Mount Marty University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsYankton, SD
1,252668584
9Dakota Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMitchell, SD
887475412