unitid 219046 · Spearfish, SD · public 4-year · town (distant)
Black Hills State University
- enrollment 2023
- 5,614
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
96%
88th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
1,928
25th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
20%
undergrads on Pell grants
16th pctl among public 4-years
completion
43%
finish within 150% time
44th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$21,277
43rd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$15,911
after aid, aided students
72nd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$46,674
after entry, Title IV students
40th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$26,000
95th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $11,863 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k18%
- 30-48k14%
- 48-75k21%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $51,046
- First-generation students
- 28%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,764
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.8× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 82 | $54,682 | $27,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 41 | $48,096 | $26,312 |
| Biology, General. | 27 | — | $26,613 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 26 | $45,938 | $24,000 |
| Biology, General. | 21 | — | $14,625 |
| Community Organization and Advocacy. | 21 | $32,818 | $31,500 |
| Psychology, General. | 20 | $36,298 | $27,187 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 17 | $49,671 | — |
| English Language and Literature, General. | 16 | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 16 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 14 | $51,966 | — |
| History. | 14 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.