There are 30 colleges and universities in the state of South Dakota.
Refer to the following table to find local schools
in South Dakota sorted by university name. If you are
interested, you can follow the link below to see its
specific information. Please understand that all
higher educational programs in South Dakota are listed here
in alphabetical order.
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Name of College or University |
Location |
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Augustana College |
Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
in Sioux Falls, SD |
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Avera McKennan Hospital School of
Radiologic Technology |
Private not-for-profit, 2-year in Sioux
Falls, SD |
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Avera Sacred Heart Hospital |
Private not-for-profit, 2-year in
Yankton, SD |
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Black Hills State University |
Public, 4-year or above in Spearfish, SD |
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Colorado Technical University of Sioux
Falls |
Private for-profit, 4-year or above in
Sioux Falls, SD |
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Dakota State University |
Public, 4-year or above in Madison, SD |
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Dakota Wesleyan University |
Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
in Mitchell, SD |
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Headlines Academy of Cosmetology &
Massage |
Private for-profit, 2-year in Rapid
City, SD |
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Kilian Community College |
Private not-for-profit, 2-year in Sioux
Falls, SD |
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Lake Area Technical Institute |
Public, 2-year in Watertown, SD |
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Mitchell Technical Institute |
Public, 2-year in Mitchell, SD |
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Mount Marty College |
Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
in Yankton, SD |
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National American University-Ellsworth |
Private for-profit, 4-year or above in
Ellsworth Afb, SD |
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National American University-Rapid City |
Private for-profit, 4-year or above in
Rapid City, SD |
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National American University-Sioux Falls |
Private for-profit, 4-year or above in
Sioux Falls, SD |
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North American Baptist Seminary |
Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
in Sioux Falls, SD |
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Northern State University |
Public, 4-year or above in Aberdeen, SD |
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Oglala Lakota College |
Public, 4-year or above in Kyle, SD |
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Presentation College |
Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
in Aberdeen, SD |
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Si Tanka University-Eagle Butte Campus |
Public, 4-year or above in Eagle Butte,
SD |
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Sinte Gleska University |
Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
in Mission, SD |
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Sioux Valley Hospital-School of
Radiologic Technology |
Private not-for-profit, 2-year in Sioux
Falls, SD |
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Sisseton Wahpeton College |
Public, 2-year in Agency Village, SD |
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South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology |
Public, 4-year or above in Rapid City,
SD |
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South Dakota State University |
Public, 4-year or above in Brookings, SD |
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Southeast Technical Institute |
Public, 2-year in Sioux Falls, SD |
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Stewart School |
Private for-profit, 2-year in Sioux
Falls, SD |
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University of Sioux Falls |
Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
in Sioux Falls, SD |
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University of South Dakota |
Public, 4-year or above in Vermillion,
SD |
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Western Dakota Technical Institute |
Public, 2-year in Rapid City, SD |
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Rapid City, South Dakota
Rapid City, United States, South Dakota, by the Black Hills; 61 450 in.
(2004). Trade center in mining and agricultural district, founded during the
gold rush in 1876. City status 1882. Varied industry. Tourist Traffic. Mount
Rushmore, where Danish John Gutzon Borglum has carved four presidents into the
mountainside, is nearby. Today, the monument to the Indian chief Crazy Horse is
carved. Outside the city stands an exact copy of the Borgund Stave Church, built
1968-69. Ellsworth Air Force Base, important military base. A flood after a
rainfall in 1972 killed 235 people.
Pierre, South Dakota
Pierre is the capital of the state of South Dakota in the United States, and
has 13,974 residents (U.S. Census, 2017). Located on the east bank of
the Missouri River and in the state's geographic center, the city is the second
smallest state capital in the United States. The town is named after fur trader
Pierre Choteau jr. (1789-1865).
Commercial roads and culture
Most work in the service sector. Pierre is a regional trading center in an
agricultural district (domestic animal husbandry and cultivation of cereals and
maize, etc). Tourism at the Oahe Dam also employs many.
Attractions include Lake Oahe 8 miles north of town, the South Dakota
Discovery Center & Aquarium, the South Dakota National Guard Museum and Fort
Pierre on the west bank of the Missouri River.
History
Pierre was founded in 1880 as a Western terminus on the Chicago and North
Western Railway. The city grew as a transhipment station for the mining industry
and as a trading center for a large surrounding area.
Pierre became the capital of South Dakota upon the establishment of the state
in 1889. The Capitol building was inaugurated in 1910. Lake Oahe, the United
States' fourth largest artificially constructed water reservoir, was begun in
1948 and inaugurated in 1962.
Population
The population has risen slightly since 1970 except for a modest decline
between 2000 and 2010.
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