Tightest South Dakota Colleges to Get In

Tightest South Dakota Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) South Dakota colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Mount Marty University has the lowest acceptance rate as of 42.57% for academic year 2023-2024 in South Dakota. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).

The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in South Dakota.

Tightest South Dakota Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2023-2024)
	Name	Acceptance Rate	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Yield
1	Mount Marty University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsYankton, SD	42.57%	1,750	745	170	22.82%
2	Augustana University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSioux Falls, SD	67.75%	3,017	2,044	534	26.13%
3	Dakota Wesleyan University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMitchell, SD	73.38%	1,247	915	192	20.98%
4	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Public, four-yearsRapid City, SD	79.87%	1,565	1,250	476	38.08%
5	University of Sioux Falls Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSioux Falls, SD	82.89%	2,291	1,899	290	15.27%
6	Dakota State University Public, four-yearsMadison, SD	88.05%	2,418	2,129	383	17.99%
7	Northern State University Public, four-yearsAberdeen, SD	93%	1,086	1,010	356	35.25%
8	Black Hills State University Public, four-yearsSpearfish, SD	96.33%	1,690	1,628	490	30.10%
9	South Dakota State University Public, four-yearsBrookings, SD	98.34%	7,287	7,166	2,441	34.06%
10	University of South Dakota Public, four-yearsVermillion, SD	98.78%	5,965	5,892	1,418	24.07%

Tightest South Dakota Colleges With Lowest Acceptance Rate

Tightest South Dakota Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

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