South Dakota Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 20 colleges in South Dakota with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Augustana University leads the list by accepting 66% of high school students that applied.

List of South Dakota Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Augustana University

Sioux Falls, SD

66%
Mount Marty College

Yankton, SD

68%
Dakota Wesleyan University

Mitchell, SD

75%
Presentation College

Aberdeen, SD

76%
University of Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, SD

76%
Northern State University

Aberdeen, SD

78%
Dakota State University

Madison, SD

79%
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, SD

83%
South Dakota State University

Brookings, SD

86%
Black Hills State University

Spearfish, SD

97%
University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

99%
National American University Rapid City

Rapid City, SD

100%
National American University Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, SD

100%
Kairos University

Sioux Falls, SD

100%
Oglala Lakota College

Kyle, SD

100%
Sinte Gleska University

Mission, SD

100%
Colorado Technical University Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, SD

100%
National American University Ellsworth AFB Extension

Ellsworth AFB, SD

100%