Largest South Dakota Graduate Schools

Largest South Dakota Colleges with Most Graduate Enrollment

University of South Dakota has the most graduate students of 3,000 for the academic year 2024-2025 in South Dakota. South Dakota State University is ranked second with 1,337 students and Dakota State University follows them with 708 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 most graduate students by gender.

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Largest South Dakota Colleges with Most Graduate Enrollment
	Name	Total # of Graduate Students	Female	Male
1	University of South Dakota Public, four-yearsVermillion, SD	3,000	1,814	1,186
2	South Dakota State University Public, four-yearsBrookings, SD	1,337	776	561
3	Dakota State University Public, four-yearsMadison, SD	708	217	491
4	Northern State University Public, four-yearsAberdeen, SD	539	381	158
5	Augustana University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSioux Falls, SD	387	240	147
6	Mount Marty University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsYankton, SD	262	180	82
7	University of Sioux Falls Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSioux Falls, SD	209	93	116
8	Black Hills State University Public, four-yearsSpearfish, SD	148	101	47
9	Dakota Wesleyan University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMitchell, SD	121	57	64

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Largest South Dakota Colleges with Most Graduate Enrollment

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