unitid 219082 · Madison, SD · public 4-year · town (distant)
Dakota State University
- enrollment 2023
- 4,866
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
88%
62nd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
2,071
26th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
17%
undergrads on Pell grants
9th pctl among public 4-years
completion
51%
finish within 150% time
61st pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$25,753
69th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$21,057
after aid, aided students
93rd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$50,970
after entry, Title IV students
52nd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$23,500
82nd 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 $17,317 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%
- 75-110k26%
- 110k+21%
- Median family income
- $50,857
- First-generation students
- 28%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,654
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.2× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | 119 | $82,915 | $25,000 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 64 | — | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 62 | $67,572 | $23,000 |
| Information Science/Studies. | 40 | — | — |
| Computer Software and Media Applications. | 30 | $41,222 | $27,000 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | 30 | $130,226 | — |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | 22 | — | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 20 | — | — |
| Information Science/Studies. | 19 | $78,642 | $29,318 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 19 | — | $37,250 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | 18 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 17 | $44,432 | $26,600 |
— 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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- net
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.