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Smallest South Dakota Colleges with Least Enrollment

Dakota Wesleyan University has the least students of 892 for the academic year 2024-2025 in South Dakota. Mount Marty University is ranked second with 1,284 students and University of Sioux Falls follows them with 1,450 students.
Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. The following table compares the schools that have least students by gender.
You may want to check colleges having the largest enrollment in South Dakota.
Smallest South Dakota Colleges with Least Enrollment
NameTotal # of StudentsFemaleMale
1Dakota Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMitchell, SD
892466426
2Mount Marty University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsYankton, SD
1,284646638
3University of Sioux Falls
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSioux Falls, SD
1,450855595
4Augustana University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSioux Falls, SD
2,3901,453937
5Black Hills State University
Public, four-yearsSpearfish, SD
3,3462,0991,247
6Northern State University
Public, four-yearsAberdeen, SD
3,7082,2831,425
7Dakota State University
Public, four-yearsMadison, SD
3,7741,4822,292
8University of South Dakota
Public, four-yearsVermillion, SD
10,6196,7393,880
9South Dakota State University
Public, four-yearsBrookings, SD
12,0566,7475,309