University of South Dakota Business Programs

University of South Dakota is a public institution situated in Vermillion, South Dakota. Vermillion is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

University of South Dakota Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at USD.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#8	Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#19	Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#25	Best Value Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#36	Best Value Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#37	Best Value Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#48	Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#55	Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#94	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards USD has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Value Colleges for Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	College Factual
#4	Best Value Colleges for Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	College Factual
#29	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Accounting	College Factual
#51	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business Administration & Management	College Factual
#55	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual
#86	Best Graduate Certificate Schools	Course Advisor

Where Is University of South Dakota?

Contact details for USD are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	414 E Clark St, Vermillion, SD 57069-2390
Phone:	605-658-6200
Website:	WWW.USD.EDU
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/UniversityofSouthDakota
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/UniversitySD

How Do I Get Into USD?

You can apply to USD online at: www.usd.edu/admissions/apply

Admission Requirements for USD

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	considered but not required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	considered but not required

How Hard Is It To Get Into USD?

USD has the high acceptance rate of 91%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 89%, and the acceptance rate for women is 92%.

Average Test Scores

About 4% of students accepted to USD submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 620. Math scores were between 500 and 625.

USD received ACT scores from 91% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 25. Math scores were between 19 and 26. Composite scores were between 20 and 25.

Can I Afford University of South Dakota?

The overall average net price of USD is $23,220. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At USD, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $7,533 a year. That adds up to $30,132 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at USD is 3.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of South Dakota Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,103 undergraduate students at USD, with 4,741 being full-time and 2,362 being part-time.

There are also 2,356 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,741 full-time undergraduates at USD, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of South Dakota students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	61
Black or African American	141
Hispanic or Latino	193
White	3,974
International Students	94
Other Races/Ethnicities	278

Geographic Diversity

South Dakota students aren't the only ones who study at University of South Dakota. At this time, 37 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 63 countries are represented at USD. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Nepal.

Online Learning at University of South Dakota

In 2019-2020, 6,003 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Affordability Rankings of USD

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of South Dakota was $9,332 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $12,807. The following table shows how USD 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
Accounting	#31	#13
Accounting	#31	#10

Online Growth Rankings of USD

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of South Dakota was 1.0%. This is the #1,484 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at USD regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at USD ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at USD.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#84

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%.

University of South Dakota Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	3	61	0	80	144
Accounting	0	55	0	31	86
Finance	0	36	0	0	36
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	35	0	0	35
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	0	17	0	0	17
General Economics	0	13	0	0	13
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	12	0	0	12
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	0	11	0	11
Organizational Leadership	0	3	0	0	3
Business Statistics	0	0	0	3	3
Entrepreneurship	0	2	0	0	2
Management Science	0	0	0	0	0
General Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	3	234	11	114	362

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.