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South Dakota colleges: career services and alumni support

22 colleges in South Dakota, and the job market their graduates enter. A career services or alumni staff member can claim their college’s page and set up a free workspace.

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The South Dakota job market

  • 1.7%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

  • 22

    colleges listed

    Source: IPEDS and the College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education

South Dakota workforce boards · South Dakota by county and city

Colleges in South Dakota

Colleges in South Dakota
CollegeCityTypeStudentsClaim
Augustana UniversitySioux FallsPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,965Claim page
Black Hills State UniversitySpearfishPublic 4-year1,928Claim page
California Intercontinental UniversitySioux FallsPrivate for-profit 4-year151Claim page
Dakota State UniversityMadisonPublic 4-year2,071Claim page
Dakota Wesleyan UniversityMitchellPrivate nonprofit 4-year670Claim page
Institute of Lutheran TheologyBrookingsPrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Kairos UniversitySioux FallsPrivate nonprofit 4-year82Claim page
Lake Area Technical CollegeWatertownPublic 2-year1,812Claim page
Mitchell Technical CollegeMitchellPublic 2-year990Claim page
Mount Marty UniversityYanktonPrivate nonprofit 4-year697Claim page
National American University-EllsworthBox ElderPrivate for-profit 4-yearClaim page
National American University-Rapid CityRapid CityPrivate for-profit 4-year764Claim page
Northern State UniversityAberdeenPublic 4-year1,273Claim page
Oglala Lakota CollegeKylePublic 4-year1,097Claim page
Sinte Gleska UniversityMissionPublic 4-year487Claim page
Sisseton Wahpeton CollegeSissetonPublic 4-year194Claim page
South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyRapid CityPublic 4-year2,071Claim page
South Dakota State UniversityBrookingsPublic 4-year9,198Claim page
Southeast Technical CollegeSioux FallsPublic 2-year2,310Claim page
University of Sioux FallsSioux FallsPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,218Claim page
University of South DakotaVermillionPublic 4-year5,439Claim page
Western Dakota Technical CollegeRapid CityPublic 2-year753Claim page

Sources: college directory from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), 2-year and 4-year public, private non-profit and for-profit institutions; unemployment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. South Dakota unemployment benefits.

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