South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD
School Background
2022 Undergraduate Enrollment: 8,651
Graduate Enrollment: 1,618
Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity
Highest degree awarded:
Graduate
Religious Affiliation:
None
Campus Details
Town: Remote (in urban cluster more than 35 miles from an urbanized area)
Four-year, medium, highly residential
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full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
Applicant and Admittance Traits
2022 Admission Rate: 87.43%
Male/Female: 44% / 56% (2017)
First generation college students: 20.2% (2017)
Percentage of students who are married when enrolled: 3.7% (2017)
Percentage of students who are veterans: 0.3% (2017)
Test scores for admission: Considered but not required
Appliants applying to 2+ schools: 36.9% (2017)
Appliants applying to 3+ schools: 16.9% (2017)
Appliants applying to 4+ schools: 8.8% (2017)
Appliants applying to 5+ schools: 5.1% (2017)
Ethnicity Information
White: 87.2%
Black: 2.0%
Hispanic: 2.6%
Asian: 1.1%
American Indian/Alaska Native: 1.0%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.0%
2+ races: 2.1%
Non-resident alien: 2.8%
Unknown race: 1.2%
Black: 2.0%
Hispanic: 2.6%
Asian: 1.1%
American Indian/Alaska Native: 1.0%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.0%
2+ races: 2.1%
Non-resident alien: 2.8%
Unknown race: 1.2%
Costs & Fees
2022 Average Tuition & Fees (Room/Board/Books): $22,303
In-State tuition: $9,299Out-of-State tuition: $12,809
Estimated books and supplies: $1,200 (2022)
Estimated on-campus room & board: $8,054 (2022)
Estimated on-campus other fees: $4,063 (2022)
Estimated off-campus room & board: $9,025 (2022)
Estimated off-campus other fees: $4,063 (2022)
Average Family Income: $89,016 (2017)
Median Family Income: $73,000 (2017)
Scholarships & Financial Aid
Percentage of students receiving Pell Grant: 18.5%Percentage of students with Federal Loans: 49.0%
Median federal loan debt at graduation: $23,250 (2021)
Median federal loan payment: $246 (2021)
| Household Income | Net Cost |
|---|---|
| 0-$30k | $13,901 |
| $30k-48k | $15,639 |
| $48k-75k | $18,038 |
| $75k-110k | $19,546 |
| $110k+ | $19,975 |
Graduate Outcomes & Job Placements
4-year graduation rate: 42%6-year graduation rate: 60%
1 year post-graduation workforce participation: 98.5% (2020)
Loans
Median federal debt for graduates: $23,250 (2021)Median federal debt for non-graduates: $8,250 (2021)
Median federal debt for first-generation graduates: $15,531 (2021)
Median federal debt for Pell grant recipient graduates: $18,250 (2021)
Ability to Repay Loans
| Graduates, % of Loans in Repayment (Non-delinquent/default) |
Percentage |
|---|---|
| @1 Year | 85.5% (2015) |
| @3 year | 88.9% (2017) |
| @5 year | 92.8% (2017) |
1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid (Non-delinquent/default) - Pell Grant Recipients: 65.3% (2015)
1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid - 1st Generation Attendees: 66.0% (2015)
Earnings Power
Median earnings, 1 year post graduation: $47,307 (2020)Median earnings, 4 years post graduation: $52,135 (2020)
Popular Majors
| Type of Degree | Major | 2022 Graduates | Median Federal Debt | Median Monthly Payment | 1yr Median Earnings (monthly gross) | 4yr Median Earnings (monthly gross) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | Agriculture, General. | 21 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Architecture. | 17 | $27,000 | $286 | $52,020 ($4,335) | |
| Bachelor's Degree | Landscape Architecture. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Communication and Media Studies. | 21 | $25,500 | $270 | $35,719 ($2,977) | |
| Master's Degree | Communication and Media Studies. | 15 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Journalism. | 17 | $39,514 ($3,293) | |||
| Master's Degree | Journalism. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. | 21 | $27,000 | $260 | $37,132 ($3,094) | $41,835 ($3,486) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 25 | $22,748 | $228 | $66,496 ($5,541) | $89,959 ($7,497) |
| Master's Degree | Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 43 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Curriculum and Instruction. | 20 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Educational Administration and Supervision. | 21 | $56,979 ($4,748) | |||
| Master's Degree | Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | 25 | $45,383 ($3,782) | |||
| Bachelor's Degree | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 63 | $25,937 | $258 | $38,581 ($3,215) | $38,000 ($3,167) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 55 | $26,000 | $257 | $40,150 ($3,346) | $46,260 ($3,855) |
| Master's Degree | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 7 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Engineering, General. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Agricultural Engineering. | 12 | $63,419 ($5,285) | |||
| Master's Degree | Agricultural Engineering. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Civil Engineering. | 46 | $27,000 | $246 | $63,656 ($5,305) | $67,561 ($5,630) |
| Master's Degree | Civil Engineering. | 22 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Civil Engineering. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. | 14 | $70,869 ($5,906) | $91,422 ($7,619) | ||
| Master's Degree | Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. | 10 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Mechanical Engineering. | 64 | $27,000 | $286 | $63,215 ($5,268) | $77,562 ($6,464) |
| Master's Degree | Mechanical Engineering. | 18 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Construction Engineering Technologies. | 35 | $25,000 | $225 | $67,731 ($5,644) | $65,735 ($5,478) |
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Engineering-Related Fields. | 7 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 31 | $40,427 ($3,369) | |||
| Bachelor's Degree | Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies. | 26 | $23,789 | $232 | $39,886 ($3,324) | $45,377 ($3,781) |
| Master's Degree | Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies. | 2 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services. | 21 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services. | 2 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services. | 11 | ||||
| Associate's Degree | Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 62 | $24,500 | $239 | $33,589 ($2,799) | $40,526 ($3,377) |
| Master's Degree | Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management. | 22 | $25,093 | $265 | $31,556 ($2,630) | $44,584 ($3,715) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Health and Physical Education/Fitness. | 42 | $25,500 | $255 | $38,376 ($3,198) | $50,215 ($4,185) |
| Master's Degree | Health and Physical Education/Fitness. | 9 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Chemistry. | 4 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Chemistry. | 16 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Chemistry. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Physics. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Psychology, General. | 50 | $25,608 | $265 | $33,941 ($2,828) | $42,502 ($3,542) |
| Master's Degree | Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 25 | $466 | $43,253 ($3,604) | $44,397 ($3,700) | |
| Bachelor's Degree | Economics. | 62 | $26,062 | $265 | $42,067 ($3,506) | $57,087 ($4,757) |
| Master's Degree | Economics. | 5 | ||||
| Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | Geography and Cartography. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Geography and Cartography. | 19 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Geography and Cartography. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Political Science and Government. | 25 | $25,000 | $257 | $57,402 ($4,784) | |
| Associate's Degree | Sociology. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Sociology. | 51 | $26,000 | $246 | $37,080 ($3,090) | $41,490 ($3,458) |
| Master's Degree | Sociology. | 4 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Sociology. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Air Transportation. | 13 | ||||
| Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | Design and Applied Arts. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Design and Applied Arts. | 27 | $27,000 | $286 | $37,648 ($3,137) | $48,237 ($4,020) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Business/Managerial Economics. | 16 | $23,573 | $217 | ||
| Bachelor's Degree | Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations. | 22 | $26,031 | $258 | $37,997 ($3,166) | $43,932 ($3,661) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Hospitality Administration/Management. | 25 | $27,000 | $263 | $34,803 ($2,900) | $46,078 ($3,840) |
| Master's Degree | General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | History. | 20 | $26,977 | $276 | $35,513 ($2,959) | $46,676 ($3,890) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Agriculture, General. | 52 | $20,000 | $207 | $50,769 ($4,231) | $51,282 ($4,274) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Agricultural Business and Management. | 64 | $22,557 | $233 | $48,746 ($4,062) | $55,074 ($4,590) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Agricultural Mechanization. | 29 | $22,000 | $233 | $53,569 ($4,464) | $62,961 ($5,247) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Agricultural Production Operations. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services. | 6 | $42,482 ($3,540) | |||
| Bachelor's Degree | Agricultural Public Services. | 31 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Animal Sciences. | 115 | $23,162 | $226 | $43,547 ($3,629) | $47,937 ($3,995) |
| Master's Degree | Animal Sciences. | 10 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Animal Sciences. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Food Science and Technology. | 7 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Food Science and Technology. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Plant Sciences. | 49 | $23,125 | $235 | $54,601 ($4,550) | $58,296 ($4,858) |
| Master's Degree | Plant Sciences. | 16 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Plant Sciences. | 1 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Plant Sciences. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 10 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management. | 42 | $24,798 | $215 | $33,134 ($2,761) | $42,593 ($3,549) |
| Master's Degree | Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management. | 5 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management. | 2 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Architecture. | 13 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Apparel and Textiles. | 6 | $32,529 ($2,711) | |||
| Bachelor's Degree | Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies. | 12 | $26,718 | $255 | ||
| Bachelor's Degree | English Language and Literature, General. | 13 | $25,200 | $244 | $43,704 ($3,642) | |
| Master's Degree | English Language and Literature, General. | 3 | ||||
| Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 7 | ||||
| Associate's Degree | Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 53 | $12,000 | $127 | ||
| Bachelor's Degree | Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 51 | $29,731 | $214 | $42,637 ($3,553) | $45,130 ($3,761) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Biology, General. | 87 | $27,000 | $274 | $30,897 ($2,575) | $43,780 ($3,648) |
| Master's Degree | Biology, General. | 15 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Biology, General. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | 7 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | 4 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Botany/Plant Biology. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. | 8 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. | 8 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Biotechnology. | 10 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Mathematics. | 25 | $18,000 | $193 | $42,145 ($3,512) | $48,395 ($4,033) |
| Master's Degree | Mathematics. | 6 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Applied Mathematics. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Statistics. | 5 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Statistics. | 6 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Statistics. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | International/Global Studies. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | 7 | ||||
| Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | Fine and Studio Arts. | 17 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Fine and Studio Arts. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Music. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 13 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions. | 25 | $31,000 | $281 | $62,341 ($5,195) | $67,472 ($5,623) |
| Master's Degree | Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | 75 | $26,000 | $265 | ||
| Doctoral Degree | Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | 4 | ||||
| First Professional Degree | Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | 78 | $129,350 ($10,779) | |||
| Bachelor's Degree | Public Health. | 4 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Public Health. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services. | 19 | $47,095 ($3,925) | |||
| Master's Degree | Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 298 | $28,000 | $249 | $64,549 ($5,379) | $64,471 ($5,373) |
| Master's Degree | Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 23 | $523 | $98,396 ($8,200) | ||
| Doctoral Degree | Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 1 | ||||
| First Professional Degree | Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 28 | $609 | $108,187 ($9,016) | $121,977 ($10,165) | |
| Bachelor's Degree | Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 14 | $59,618 ($4,968) | |||
| Master's Degree | Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 7 |
Campus Resources
Average faculty salary: $79,740Full time faculty: 79%
Undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio: 17.0
School's endowment start of year: $176,585,111 (2022)
School's endowment end of year: $225,563,332 (2022)