Top 26 universities in South Dakota | United States: Rankings & Acceptance rate

Rank 🏆	University name	Acceptance rate Acc. rate	City
1	South Dakota State University	91%	Brookings
2	University of South Dakota	87%	Vermillion
3	Sanford Medical Center		Sioux Falls
4	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	83%	Rapid City
5	Dakota State University	84%	Madison
6	Augustana University	68%	Sioux Falls
7	Avera McKennan Hospital School of Radiologic Technology		Sioux Falls
8	Northern State University	88%	Aberdeen
9	Black Hills State University	87%	Spearfish
10	Dakota Wesleyan University	76%	Mitchell
11	National American University - Rapid City		Rapid City
12	Oglala Lakota College		Kyle
13	University of Sioux Falls	92%	Sioux Falls
14	Lake Area Technical Institute		Watertown
15	Southeast Technical Institute		Sioux Falls
16	Sinte Gleska University		Mission
17	Presentation College	96%	Aberdeen
18	Mount Marty College	67%	Yankton
19	Western Dakota Technical Institute		Rapid City
20	Mitchell Technical Institute		Mitchell
21	Sisseton Wahpeton College		Sisseton
22	Sioux Falls Seminary		Sioux Falls
23	Black Hills Beauty College		Rapid City
24	Headlines Academy Inc		Rapid City
25	Avera Sacred Heart Hospital		Yankton
26	Stewart School		Sioux Falls

Closest to South Dakota states

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Nebraska	42	49
North Dakota	25	191
Minnesota	94	18
Wyoming	10	158
Iowa	71	46
Kansas	66	87
Colorado	80	42
Montana	29	159
Wisconsin	85	19
Missouri	143	45
Oklahoma	95	98
Illinois	205	28
Utah	52	53
Idaho	27	145
Michigan	131	17
Indiana	82	13
Arkansas	73	132
New Mexico	37	86
Kentucky	76	58
Ohio	242	39
Texas	279	16
Arizona	79	35
Tennessee	139	61
Nevada	23	125
Mississippi	49	148
Washington	87	6
Oregon	66	74
Louisiana	91	93
West Virginia	66	108
Alabama	71	101
Pennsylvania	291	11
California	562	3
Georgia	120	51
Virginia	122	37
North Carolina	149	14
District of Columbia	19	72
South Carolina	78	92
New York	393	5
Maryland	72	25
Delaware	13	79
New Jersey	110	10
Vermont	25	121
Connecticut	59	9
New Hampshire	37	69
Massachusetts	144	1
Rhode Island	17	78
Maine	34	135
Florida	263	27
Alaska	10	150
Puerto Rico	108	273
Virgin Islands	1	1045
Hawaii	21	57
American Samoa	1	2810
Federated States of Micronesia	1	2337
Northern Marianas	1	2701
Guam	3	775