unitid 219356 · Brookings, SD · public 4-year · town (remote)
South Dakota State University
- enrollment 2023
- 13,616
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
98%
95th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
9,198
70th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
17%
undergrads on Pell grants
9th pctl among public 4-years
completion
62%
finish within 150% time
80th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$24,636
62nd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$19,841
after aid, aided students
91st pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$55,070
after entry, Title IV students
63rd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$23,250
81st 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 $14,266 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
- 0-30k14%
- 30-48k11%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110k25%
- 110k+31%
- Median family income
- $73,000
- First-generation students
- 20%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,299
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.4× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 290 | $72,893 | $28,000 |
| Animal Sciences. | 101 | $56,528 | $23,162 |
| Business/Managerial Economics. | 87 | — | $23,573 |
| Biology, General. | 83 | $58,408 | $27,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 81 | $48,296 | $25,608 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 72 | $85,669 | $27,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 67 | $43,496 | $25,937 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 66 | $46,957 | $12,000 |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | 66 | $138,305 | — |
| Agriculture, General. | 60 | $47,334 | $20,000 |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | 60 | — | $26,000 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 56 | $48,955 | $24,500 |
— 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.