South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University is a medium sized four-year university in the remote town of Brookings, SD. The school is on the semester calendar system and is a research university with high research activity. There are 12,670 undergraduate students and 2,089 graduate students at South Dakota State University. The freshman class has 2,247 students. Students attend full-time. It is a selective institution with a high transfer-in rate; 91% of students who apply to South Dakota State University are admitted and 53% of those admitted students attend the school. The school has its own library and participates in Title IV federal financial aid programs for those who qualify. South Dakota State University is in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Most students attend for four or more years and there is a very high undergraduate student population. Most undergraduates study professions or the arts and sciences. There is some graduate student coexistence with the undergraduates. South Dakota State University's President is David L. Chicoine. more