University of South Dakota

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• South Dakota State University

  South Dakota State University, founded in 1881 as the state's land-grant institution, is the largest university in South Dakota, and its agricultural and biological sciences programs reflect its founding mission serving the state's substantial farming and ranching economy. The university's pharmacy program is one of the largest in the region, and SDSU's engineering and nursing programs have grown substantially, broadening the university's offerings well beyond its founding-era agricultural focus into a comprehensive research university. SDSU's Jackrabbits athletic programs, competing at the FCS football level, have built a strong regional following, and the university's Brookings campus serves as the primary public research university for the state's eastern agricultural region. The university's combination of genuine land-grant agricultural research strength and its status as South Dakota's largest university has made SDSU central to the state's higher education system and its agricultural economy.

• South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

  South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, founded in 1885, is one of the most specialized and academically rigorous STEM-focused public universities in the country, with a curriculum concentrated almost entirely on engineering, mining, and applied physical sciences. The university's location in Rapid City, near both the historic Homestake Gold Mine and the Black Hills' significant mineral deposits, reflects the school's founding-era mission training engineers for the region's mining industry, a focus the university has maintained even as its programs have broadened into aerospace and other engineering fields. The school's graduates command some of the highest average starting salaries of any public university in the country, reflecting the strong industry demand for its narrowly focused, deeply technical engineering degrees. The university's combination of its founding-era mining engineering focus and its consistently strong graduate salary outcomes has made South Dakota Mines a distinctive and highly regarded specialized public university within the state's higher education system.

• Augustana University

  Augustana University, founded in 1860 and affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is consistently ranked among the top regional liberal arts universities in the Midwest, and its Sioux Falls, South Dakota location gives students access to the state's largest city and its concentration of financial and healthcare industry employers. The university's business and pre-health programs have built solid reputations, and Augustana's continued Lutheran affiliation shapes aspects of its institutional mission even as the broader student body includes students from diverse religious backgrounds. Augustana's relatively selective admissions profile and its combination of liberal arts breadth with genuine professional program strength have made it the leading private university in South Dakota, distinguished from the state's larger public institutions by its smaller, more personalized scale. The university's combination of its Lutheran heritage, its Sioux Falls location, and its solid business and health sciences programs has made Augustana a distinctive private university choice within South Dakota's higher education landscape.

• Dakota Wesleyan University

  Dakota Wesleyan University, founded in 1885 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church, is a small liberal arts university whose business and education programs have built solid regional reputations relative to the school's modest overall enrollment. The university's McGovern Library of History and Political Science honors South Dakota native and former US Senator and presidential candidate George McGovern, who briefly taught at the university, giving Dakota Wesleyan a distinctive connection to a significant figure in American political history. The university's small size and its Mitchell, South Dakota campus give it a close-knit religious community distinct from the state's larger public institutions, and Dakota Wesleyan's continued Methodist affiliation shapes aspects of campus culture. The university's combination of its Methodist heritage and its distinctive connection to George McGovern's political legacy has made Dakota Wesleyan a notable smaller private college choice within South Dakota.

• Black Hills State University

  Black Hills State University, founded in 1883, has built solid education and business programs, and its location in Spearfish, South Dakota, in the heart of the scenic Black Hills region, gives the university's outdoor recreation and geology programs direct access to significant natural terrain. The university's proximity to Mount Rushmore, the Homestake Gold Mine, and other significant regional landmarks gives BHSU's tourism and hospitality management programs practical, locally relevant career preparation tied to the region's substantial tourism economy. Black Hills State's relatively small size and its scenic western South Dakota setting have made it a consistent choice for students in that part of the state seeking a public university education closer to home than the state's larger eastern institutions. The university's combination of its Black Hills regional setting and its tourism-industry-connected academic programs has made BHSU a distinctive regional public university within South Dakota's higher education system.