South Dakota Colleges Ranked by Highest Graduation Rate

List of Colleges by Graduation Rate

Below is a list of 23 colleges with the highest graduation rate in South Dakota. Lake Area Technical Institute tops the list with a graduation rate of 76%. Graduation rate is reported as the percent of students who graduate within 150% of the normal expected time to complete the degree.

Data is reported for the 2018/19 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.

List of South Dakota Colleges Ranked by Highest Graduation Rate
	College	Graduation Rate
L	Lake Area Technical Institute Watertown, SD	76.5%
A	Augustana University Sioux Falls, SD	70.7%
M	Mitchell Technical Institute Mitchell, SD	68.8%
S	South Dakota State University Brookings, SD	55.5%
S	University of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, SD	54.1%
S	University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD	54%
S	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, SD	52.3%
M	Mount Marty College Yankton, SD	51%
D	Dakota Wesleyan University Mitchell, SD	44.3%
N	Northern State University Aberdeen, SD	44.2%
P	Presentation College Aberdeen, SD	41.7%
S	Southeast Technical Institute Sioux Falls, SD	40.9%
D	Dakota State University Madison, SD	39.5%
W	Western Dakota Technical Institute Rapid City, SD	35.2%
B	Black Hills State University Spearfish, SD	34.6%
G	Globe University Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, SD	32.2%
C	Colorado Technical University Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, SD	26.4%
N	National American University Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, SD	24.5%
S	Sinte Gleska University Mission, SD	19.8%
N	National American University Rapid City Rapid City, SD	17.5%