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Colleges in South Dakota with SAT ranges

College	Fit	City	Type	Admits	First-years	SAT range	Req. SAT	Price
Augustana University	Within range	Sioux Falls	Private	68%	534	1150You1370	No	$23,894
SDSouth Dakota School of Mines and Technology	Within range	Rapid City	Public	80%	476	1140You1340	No	$20,183
Dakota State University	Within range	Madison	Public	88%	383	1190You1440	No	$21,057
Northern State University	Above range	Aberdeen	Public	93%	356	980You1160	No	$15,812
Black Hills State University	Above range	Spearfish	Public	96%	490	965You1135	No	$15,911
South Dakota State University	Within range	Brookings	Public	98%	2,441	1060You1240	No	$19,841
University of South Dakota	Within range	Vermillion	Public	99%	1,418	1125You1315	No	$19,858

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Sort byFitCollegeAdmitsSAT

• Augustana UniversityWithin range

  Sioux Falls·68% admitted·534 first-years·1,965 undergrads·$23,894

  1150You1370
• SDSouth Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyWithin range

  Rapid City·80% admitted·476 first-years·2,071 undergrads·$20,183

  1140You1340
• Dakota State UniversityWithin range

  Madison·88% admitted·383 first-years·2,071 undergrads·$21,057

  1190You1440
• Northern State UniversityAbove range

  Aberdeen·93% admitted·356 first-years·1,273 undergrads·$15,812

  980You1160
• Black Hills State UniversityAbove range

  Spearfish·96% admitted·490 first-years·1,928 undergrads·$15,911

  965You1135
• South Dakota State UniversityWithin range

  Brookings·98% admitted·2,441 first-years·9,198 undergrads·$19,841

  1060You1240
• University of South DakotaWithin range

  Vermillion·99% admitted·1,418 first-years·5,439 undergrads·$19,858

  1125You1315

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How to read a college's SAT range

• Enrolled, not admitted. The middle 50% counts students who showed up in the fall, so it can run a little below the admitted range.
• Totals are section sums. The Scorecard publishes section ranges; the true total-score 25th percentile is usually a bit higher.
• Test-optional skews high. Only students who sent scores are counted — read the range as the bar for a score worth sending.
• Under ~15% admitted changes the question. There, SAT position alone doesn't predict admission.

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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, data release June 10, 2026. SAT ranges are the 25th–75th percentiles of enrolled first-year students (Fall 2024 entering class, IPEDS). Total-score ranges are the sum of the section percentiles. Applicant counts and year-over-year trends come from the NCES IPEDS Admissions survey; schools report about eighteen months after they admit a class, so the newest complete year is not the current cycle. Ranked lists cover schools with at least 1,000 undergraduates — and, for the trend lists, at least 1,000 applicants in both years — because below those floors one strong year reads as a huge swing. First-year class sizes are the entering class from the IPEDS Admissions survey; undergraduates are total enrollment.