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NCAA Division I · Summit League · Brookings, SD

South Dakota State University

Head coach Rob Bishop · 24-33 record · 9,198 students

South Dakota State University logoOfficial team mark · SD

Academics and cost

What South Dakota State University asks for, and what it costs.

In the college's own words, from its site, with the federal figures beneath. Official college site ↗

Admissions, from the college ↗

Transfer students are eligible for admission if they have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher and are in good standing with all institutions attended. Students with less than 24 transferable credits must also meet freshman admission requirements.

  • GPA2.0 or higher
  • TestsOfficial ACT or SAT score report

Required: Admission application · Application fee · Final, official high school transcript · Official ACT or SAT score report · Official postsecondary transcripts

Tuition, from the college ↗

  • Out of state$20,804
  • Room and board$5,512

The figures are based on 2026-2027 rates.

  • Admission rate98%
  • SAT, middle half1,060–1,240
  • ACT, middle half19–25
  • Tuition, in state$9,554per year
  • Tuition, out of state$13,166per year
  • Average net price$19,362after aid, per year
  • Graduation rate62%
  • Freshmen who return84%
  • Students per faculty17 to 1
  • SettingTown
  • Median earnings, ten years in$58,802
74 bachelor's programs reported to the Department of Education
  • Accounting and Related Services
  • Agricultural Business and Management
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agricultural Mechanization
  • Agricultural Production Operations
  • Agriculture, General
  • Air Transportation
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
  • Animal Sciences
  • Apparel and Textiles
  • Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology
  • Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
  • Biology, General
  • Biotechnology
  • Business Administration, Management and Operations
  • Business/Managerial Economics
  • Chemistry
  • City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • Civil Engineering
  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
  • Communication and Media Studies
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Construction Management
  • Criminology
  • Data Science
  • Design and Applied Arts
  • Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
  • Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
  • Economics
  • Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
  • Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
  • Engineering-Related Fields
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
  • Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
  • Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
  • Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies
  • Fine and Studio Arts
  • Food Science and Technology
  • Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
  • Geography and Cartography
  • Geography and Environmental Studies
  • Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
  • History
  • Hospitality Administration/Management
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
  • International/Globalization Studies
  • Journalism
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Music
  • Natural Resources Conservation and Research
  • Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management
  • Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration
  • Physics
  • Plant Sciences
  • Political Science and Government
  • Psychology, General
  • Public Health
  • Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
  • Sociology
  • Special Education and Teaching
  • Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
  • Statistics
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
  • Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

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