Presentation College Business Programs

Presentation College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Aberdeen is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

Where Is Presentation College?

Contact details for Presentation College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1500 N Main, Aberdeen, SD 57401-1280
Phone:	605-225-1634
Website:	www.presentation.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/presentationcollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/presentationpc

How Do I Get Into Presentation College?

You can apply to Presentation College online at: mypc.presentation.edu/applynow/inquiryform

Admission Requirements for Presentation College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Presentation College?

With an acceptance rate of 93%, Presentation College is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 80% of accepted students are men and 20% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 95%.

Average Test Scores

About 31% of students accepted to Presentation College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 475 and 545. Math scores were between 490 and 560.

Presentation College received ACT scores from 40% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 14 and 23. Math scores were between 16 and 23. Composite scores were between 17 and 22.

Can I Afford Presentation College?

The overall average net price of Presentation College is $27,871. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Presentation College, approximately 71% of students took out student loans averaging $8,063 a year. That adds up to $32,252 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Presentation College is 6.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Presentation College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 598 undergraduate students at Presentation College, with 393 being full-time and 205 being part-time.

There are also 27 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 393 full-time undergraduates at Presentation College, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Presentation College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	4
Black or African American	51
Hispanic or Latino	56
White	235
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	46

Geographic Diversity

South Dakota students aren't the only ones who study at Presentation College. At this time, 23 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 7 countries are represented at Presentation College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Australia, Canada, and Ireland.

Online Learning at Presentation College

In 2019-2020, 458 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Presentation College has changed over the last few years.

Online Affordability Rankings of Presentation College

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Presentation College was $21,375 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Presentation College is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Business Management & Marketing	#36	#33

Online Growth Rankings of Presentation College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Presentation College was -1.0%. This is the #1,605 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Presentation College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Presentation College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Business Management & Marketing	3	13	16
General Business Administration and Management	0	2	2
Organizational Leadership	0	0	0
Other Human Resources Management and Services	0	0	0
TOTAL	3	15	18

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By User:Orderinchaos under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.