South Dakota College Costs: Net Price at Every School
Average net price is what full-time first-time undergraduates actually paid after grant and scholarship aid (2022-23 IPEDS Student Financial Aid data, retrieved 2026-08-13). Published tuition is the 2023-24 sticker price. Sorted by average net price, lowest first. Schools that did not report net price are listed at the end.
South Dakota has 24 degree-granting, Title IV institutions in the current federal dataset: 13 public, 8 private nonprofit, and 3 private for-profit (17 four-year and 7 two-year).
Across the 14 four-year institutions that reported net price, the average was $16,941 and the median $19,115. (IPEDS SFA 2022-23, retrieved 2026-08-13.)
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| School | City | Type | Avg net price | Published tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sisseton Wahpeton College | Sisseton | public | $3,284 | $4,330 |
| Oglala Lakota College | Kyle | public | $3,563 | $2,684 |
| Sinte Gleska University | Mission | public | $7,439 | $4,714 |
| Lake Area Technical College | Watertown | public | $12,554 | $6,718 |
| Mitchell Technical College | Mitchell | public | $12,868 | $7,524 |
| Western Dakota Technical College | Rapid City | public | $13,723 | $8,008 |
| Southeast Technical College | Sioux Falls | public | $15,265 | $7,650 |
| Black Hills State University | Spearfish | public | $16,474 | $9,000 |
| Northern State University | Aberdeen | public | $16,873 | $8,845 |
| South Dakota State University | Brookings | public | $18,233 | $9,299 |
| University of South Dakota | Vermillion | public | $18,466 | $9,432 |
| Dakota State University | Madison | public | $19,115 | $9,633 |
| South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | Rapid City | public | $20,243 | $10,400 |
| University of Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls | private nonprofit | $21,049 | $20,740 |
| Dakota Wesleyan University | Mitchell | private nonprofit | $21,901 | $32,890 |
| National American University-Rapid City | Rapid City | private for-profit | $22,086 | $16,065 |
| Mount Marty University | Yankton | private nonprofit | $23,163 | $33,100 |
| Augustana University | Sioux Falls | private nonprofit | $25,280 | $39,190 |
| Avera Sacred Heart Hospital | Yankton | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| California Intercontinental University | Sioux Falls | private for-profit | Not reported | $9,054 |
| Hot Rod Institute | Rapid City | private for-profit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Institute of Lutheran Theology | Brookings | private nonprofit | Not reported | $10,560 |
| Kairos University | Sioux Falls | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Sanford Medical Center | Sioux Falls | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
Source: U.S. Department of Education IPEDS. Net price 2022-23, published charges 2023-24. Retrieved 2026-08-13. See methodology.