List of colleges and universities in South Dakota
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of college
s and universities
in the U.S. state
of South Dakota
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College
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s and universities
University
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in the U.S. state
U.S. state
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of South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
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Private liberal arts colleges
- Augustana College (South Dakota)Augustana College (South Dakota)Augustana College is a private, liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. The campus makes the school the largest private university in South Dakota...
- Mount Marty CollegeMount Marty CollegeMount Marty College, an academic community in the Roman Catholic Benedictine liberal arts tradition, is located in Yankton, South Dakota. Mount Marty is a private, Roman Catholic, Benedictine co-educational liberal arts college...
- University of Sioux FallsUniversity of Sioux FallsThe University of Sioux Falls is a private, liberal arts college affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. It is also commonly called USF.-History:...
Private colleges and universities
- Dakota Wesleyan UniversityDakota Wesleyan UniversityDakota Wesleyan University is a four-year university located in Mitchell, South Dakota, founded in 1885, that is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The student body averages slightly less than 800 students...
- National American UniversityNational American UniversityNational American University is a private for-profit university owned by National American University Holdings, Inc. Headquartered in Rapid City, SD, NAU operates multiple locations in the United States and an online division....
- Presentation College
Public colleges and universities
- Black Hills State UniversityBlack Hills State UniversityBlack Hills State University, South Dakota's third largest comprehensive public university, offering both undergraduate and graduate programs. The campus is located in Spearfish, South Dakota. Close to 5,000 students attend classes at the Spearfish campus, at sites in Rapid City, Pierre, Yankton,...
- Dakota State UniversityDakota State UniversityDakota State University is a public university located in Madison, South Dakota. The university has a technology centric focus with programs in computer and information science, business, education, physical sciences, among other graduate and undergraduate programs...
- Northern State UniversityNorthern State UniversityNorthern State University is a four-year public university located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States. NSU is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents and offers 38 majors and 42 minors, as well as six associate, eight pre-professional and nine graduate degrees.-History:Founded on the...
- South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologySouth Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyThe South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a public institution of higher learning in Rapid City, South Dakota governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents. Founded in 1885 as the Dakota School of Mines, Tech offers degree programs in engineering and science fields. 2,354 students were...
- South Dakota State UniversitySouth Dakota State UniversitySouth Dakota State University is the largest university in the U.S. state of South Dakota, located in Brookings. A public land-grant university and sun grant college, founded under the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act, SDSU offers programs of study required by, or harmonious to, this Act...
- University of South DakotaUniversity of South DakotaThe University of South Dakota ', the state’s oldest university, was founded in 1862 and classes began in 1882. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States, USD is home to South Dakota's only medical school and law school. USD is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents, and its current...
Native American tribal institutions
- Oglala Lakota Collegehttp://www.olc.edu
- Sinte Gleska UniversitySinte Gleska UniversitySinte Gleska University is a four-year private American Indian tribal college, located in Mission, South Dakota, on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, a Brulé Lakota Indian Reservation...
- Sisseton Wahpeton CollegeSisseton Wahpeton CollegeThe Sisseton Wahpeton College was established in 1979 as an entity of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate. Located in northeastern South Dakota on the Lake Traverse Reservation, the College serves the Dakota people. SWC was originally a vocational and technical school; an academic program was added as...
Defunct institutions
- Columbus College
- Freeman Junior College
- Huron UniversityHuron UniversityHuron University, also known as Si Tanka University at Huron, was a private university formerly located in Huron, South Dakota. It closed on April 1, 2005.-Beginnings:...
- Redfield CollegeRedfield College (South Dakota)Redfield College was an institution of higher learning located in Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota. The college was sponsored by the "Northern Association of Congregational Churches," an alliance of Congregational groups in the north-central area of South Dakota...
- University of South Dakota - SpringfieldUniversity of South Dakota - SpringfieldThe University of South Dakota at Springfield was a state supported university in Springfield, South Dakota that was founded in 1881 and closed in 1984...
- Wessington Springs CollegeWessington Springs CollegeWessington Springs College was an institution of higher learning located in Wessington Springs, Jerauld County, South Dakota. The college, affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, was founded in 1887 as "Wessington Springs Seminary." It was renamed "Wessington Springs Junior College" in 1918,...
- Yankton CollegeYankton CollegeYankton College was a small liberal arts college in Yankton, South Dakota, affiliated with the Congregational Christian Churches .Founded in 1881, it was the first institution of higher learning in the Dakota Territory...