South Dakota College Graduation Rates — All Colleges Ranked

✅ 2 Excellent (80%+) 🔵 7 Good (60–79%) ⚠️ 9 Moderate (40–59%) ⚪ 7 No data

#	College	Grad Rate	Rating	Retention	Enrollment	Type	In-State Tuition
🥇	Stewart School Sioux Falls	88%	🟢 Excellent	88%	133	Private For-profit	N/A
🥈	Paul Mitchell the School-Rapid City Rapid City	88%	🟢 Excellent	80%	66	Private For-profit	N/A
🥉	The Salon Professional Academy Rapid City	79%	🔵 Good	100%	80	Private For-profit	N/A
4	Mitchell Technical College Mitchell	76%	🔵 Good	85%	990	Public	$7,524
5	California Intercontinental University Sioux Falls	75%	🔵 Good	N/A	151	Private For-profit	N/A
6	Lake Area Technical College Watertown	73%	🔵 Good	81%	1,812	Public	$6,718
7	Augustana University Sioux Falls	73%	🔵 Good	86%	1,965	Private Non-profit	$40,160
8	University of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls	63%	🔵 Good	75%	1,218	Private Non-profit	$21,750
9	South Dakota State University Brookings	62%	🔵 Good	84%	9,198	Public	$9,299
10	University of South Dakota Vermillion	60%	🟡 Moderate	79%	5,439	Public	$9,432
11	Southeast Technical College Sioux Falls	59%	🟡 Moderate	70%	2,310	Public	$7,650
12	Western Dakota Technical College Rapid City	54%	🟡 Moderate	67%	753	Public	$8,294
13	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City	53%	🟡 Moderate	84%	2,071	Public	$10,500
14	Mount Marty University Yankton	52%	🟡 Moderate	68%	697	Private Non-profit	$34,600
15	Dakota State University Madison	51%	🟡 Moderate	75%	2,071	Public	$9,654
16	Northern State University Aberdeen	49%	🟡 Moderate	77%	1,273	Public	$8,845
17	Dakota Wesleyan University Mitchell	48%	🟡 Moderate	75%	670	Private Non-profit	$33,790
18	Black Hills State University Spearfish	43%	🟡 Moderate	72%	1,928	Public	$8,764
19	Sisseton Wahpeton College Sisseton	21%	🔴 Below average	N/A	194	Public	$4,330
20	Sinte Gleska University Mission	15%	🔴 Below average	100%	487	Public	$4,714
21	Oglala Lakota College Kyle	9%	🔴 Below average	62%	1,097	Public	$2,684
22	National American University-Rapid City Rapid City	0%	🔴 Below average	33%	764	Private For-profit	$16,065
23	Kairos University Sioux Falls	—	⚪ No data	N/A	82	Private Non-profit	$3,600
24	Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Yankton	—	⚪ No data	N/A	—	Private Non-profit	N/A
25	Sanford Medical Center Sioux Falls	—	⚪ No data	N/A	28	Private Non-profit	N/A

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Data source: Graduation rates from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. Rates reflect students completing within 150% of normal time. Calculated by Search 6000+ US Colleges.