Popular South Dakota Colleges Easy to Get Into
South Dakota has 11 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants. If your GPA and test scores meet their typical thresholds, these are strong safety options, ordered by student interest online.
Leading examples include South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota, accepting 98% of applicants. Also frequently researched: University of South Dakota, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and Black Hills State University.
Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance. For the highest academic quality among easy-admission schools, see best-ranked colleges with high acceptance rates. For schools with the highest acceptance rates regardless of popularity, see highest acceptance rate colleges.
South Dakota State University
- Public 4 Year
- Brookings, SD
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- 98% acceptance rate
South Dakota State is a large public university known for undergraduate agriculture, engineering, and pharmacy. Most undergrads study on a residential campus in the college town of Brookings.
- SAT Range 1060-1240
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Net Price $19,932
University of South Dakota
- Public 4 Year
- Vermillion, SD
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- 99% acceptance rate
USD is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and fine arts. Most students live on a residential campus in the college town of Vermillion.
- SAT Range 1125-1315
- Avg GPA 3.43
- Net Price $19,133
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- Public 4 Year
- Rapid City, SD
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5.0 | 3 reviews
- 80% acceptance rate
- Feb 15 application deadline
South Dakota Mines is a public science and engineering university known for undergraduate mining, geological, and materials engineering. The Rapid City campus lies at the edge of the Black Hills.
- SAT Range 1140-1340
- Avg GPA 3.57
- Net Price $20,267
Black Hills State University
- Public 4 Year
- Spearfish, SD
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- 96% acceptance rate
Black Hills State is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, business, and outdoor education. The campus sits in Spearfich at the northern edge of South Dakota's Black Hills.
- SAT Range 965-1135
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.22
- Net Price $15,576
Northern State University
- Public 4 Year
- Aberdeen, SD
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- 93% acceptance rate
Northern State is a public university known for undergraduate education, business, and fine arts. The campus is in Aberdeen, a small city in northeastern South Dakota.
- SAT Range 980-1160
- Avg GPA 3.37
- Net Price $15,990
University of Sioux Falls
- Private 4 Year
- Sioux Falls, SD
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- 83% acceptance rate
University of Sioux Falls is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. Students study on a campus in Sioux Falls, South Dakota's largest city.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.8
- Net Price $21,385
Dakota State University
- Public 4 Year
- Madison, SD
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4.3 | 7 reviews
- 88% acceptance rate
Dakota State is a public university known for undergraduate cybersecurity, computer science, and information systems. Most students live on a residential campus in the small college town of Madison.
- SAT Range 1190-1440
- Avg GPA 3.33
- Net Price $20,438
Oglala Lakota College
- Public 4 Year
- Kyle, SD
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- 100% acceptance rate
Oglala Lakota College is a tribal college known for undergraduate Lakota studies, education, and nursing. It operates learning centers across the Pine Ridge Reservation.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $3,173
Sinte Gleska University
- Private 4 Year
- Mission, SD
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- 100% acceptance rate
- Aug 24 application deadline
Sinte Gleska is a tribal university known for undergraduate Lakota studies, education, and Native American programs. The rural campus is located on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in Mission.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $6,768
Kairos University
- Private 4 Year
- Sioux Falls, SD
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- 85% acceptance rate
Kairos is a private Christian university known for undergraduate theology and ministry programs. The Sioux Falls campus uses a competency-based model of theological education.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price -
Institute of Lutheran Theology
- Private 4 Year
- Brookings, South Dakota
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- 100% acceptance rate
Institute of Lutheran Theology is a small private Lutheran theological school known for undergraduate theology and ministry. The Brookings campus centers on confessional Lutheran study for church and ministry vocations.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price -