List of Public Colleges by Acceptance Rate
South Dakota Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
List of Public Colleges by Acceptance Rate
Below is a ranking of the 12 public colleges in South Dakota with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology leads the list by accepting 83% of high school students that applied.
Data is reported for the 2017/18 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.
| College | Acceptance Rate | |
|---|---|---|
| S |
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology |
83% |
| D |
Dakota State University |
84% |
| B |
Black Hills State University |
87% |
| S |
University of South Dakota |
87% |
| N |
Northern State University |
88% |
| S |
South Dakota State University |
91% |
| L |
Lake Area Technical Institute |
100% |
| M |
Mitchell Technical Institute |
100% |
| O |
Oglala Lakota College |
100% |
| S |
Sisseton Wahpeton College |
100% |
| S |
Southeast Technical Institute |
100% |
| W |
Western Dakota Technical Institute |
100% |
