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South Dakota Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) 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.
University of Sioux Falls, has the lowest yield rate of 17.20% for academic year 2022-2023 in South Dakota. Dakota Wesleyan University is positioned second with 18.58% yield and Mount Marty University follows them with 24%. Next table shows the schools that have low 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 highest yield rates in South Dakota.
South Dakota Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1University of Sioux Falls
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSioux Falls, SD
17.20% 2,358 1,791 308 75.95%
2Dakota Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMitchell, SD
18.58% 1,209 904 168 74.77%
3Mount Marty University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsYankton, SD
24.04% 949 649 156 68.39%
4Augustana University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSioux Falls, SD
26.73% 3,145 2,069 553 65.79%
5Northern State University
Public, four-yearsAberdeen, SD
28.94% 1,322 1,033 299 78.14%
6University of South Dakota
Public, four-yearsVermillion, SD
29.82% 4,480 4,456 1,329 99.46%
7Black Hills State University
Public, four-yearsSpearfish, SD
31.52% 1,579 1,526 481 96.64%
8South Dakota State University
Public, four-yearsBrookings, SD
40.00% 6,364 5,478 2,191 86.08%
9Dakota State University
Public, four-yearsMadison, SD
53.45% 882 696 372 78.91%