Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in South Dakota

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in South Dakota, ranked by first-year retention rate. Share of students returning after their first year. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 10 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Augustana UniversitySioux Falls, South Dakota86.1%68%1195$24k$59k73%1,965317 mi 2South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyRapid City, South Dakota84.1%80%1245$20k$72k53%2,071569 mi 3South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, South Dakota83.8%98%1120$20k$55k62%9,198282 mi 4University of South DakotaVermillion, South Dakota79.3%99%1125$20k$52k60%5,439362 mi 5Northern State UniversityAberdeen, South Dakota77.0%93%1089$16k$48k49%1,273318 mi 6Dakota State UniversityMadison, South Dakota75.5%88%1215$21k$51k51%2,071308 mi 7Dakota Wesleyan UniversityMitchell, South Dakota75.1%73%—$20k$54k48%670357 mi 8University of Sioux FallsSioux Falls, South Dakota74.5%83%—$21k$55k63%1,218317 mi 9Black Hills State UniversitySpearfish, South Dakota71.7%96%1087$16k$47k43%1,928589 mi 10Mount Marty UniversityYankton, South Dakota67.6%43%1120$22k$48k52%697373 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.