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Most Favored South Dakota Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in South Dakota. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
Dakota State University, has the highest yield rate of 53.45% for academic year 2022-2023 in South Dakota. South Dakota State University is positioned second with 40.00% yield and Black Hills State University follows them with 32%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in South Dakota.
Most Favored South Dakota Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Dakota State University
Public, four-yearsMadison, SD
53.45% 882 696 372 78.91%
2South Dakota State University
Public, four-yearsBrookings, SD
40.00% 6,364 5,478 2,191 86.08%
3Black Hills State University
Public, four-yearsSpearfish, SD
31.52% 1,579 1,526 481 96.64%
4University of South Dakota
Public, four-yearsVermillion, SD
29.82% 4,480 4,456 1,329 99.46%
5Northern State University
Public, four-yearsAberdeen, SD
28.94% 1,322 1,033 299 78.14%
6Augustana University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSioux Falls, SD
26.73% 3,145 2,069 553 65.79%
7Mount Marty University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsYankton, SD
24.04% 949 649 156 68.39%
8Dakota Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMitchell, SD
18.58% 1,209 904 168 74.77%
9University of Sioux Falls
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSioux Falls, SD
17.20% 2,358 1,791 308 75.95%