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Highest first-year retention in South Dakota
17 colleges in South Dakota with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Sinte Gleska University · SD · Public100%2Augustana University · SD · Private (nonprofit)84%3Mitchell Technical College · SD · Public84%4South Dakota School of Mines and Technology · SD · Public84%5Lake Area Technical College · SD · Public83%6South Dakota State University · SD · Public83%7University of South Dakota · SD · Public80%8Dakota State University · SD · Public75%9Northern State University · SD · Public75%10University of Sioux Falls · SD · Private (nonprofit)75%11Black Hills State University · SD · Public72%12Southeast Technical College · SD · Public71%13Mount Marty University · SD · Private (nonprofit)70%14Dakota Wesleyan University · SD · Private (nonprofit)69%15National American University-Rapid City · SD · Private (for-profit)67%16Western Dakota Technical College · SD · Public67%17Oglala Lakota College · SD · Public54%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS (latest survey year). Sorted only by highest first-year retention — this is not an overall quality ranking. Open-admission colleges do not report an admit rate and are not listed here.