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South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD 57007


Website: https://www.sdstate.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 10,728
Full-time undergraduates: 8,133
Part-time undergraduates: 2,595
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native
1.3% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
1.4% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.0% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
84.2% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.1% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
4.2% Nonresident Alien
2.9% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 401 acres

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of students who live in school housing: 49%

STUDY FACILITIES
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball  
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's footballyes 
Men's golfyes 
Men's ice hockey  
Men's rugby  
Men's soccer  
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's ultimate Frisbee  
Men's volleyball  
Women's baseball  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's equestrian sportsyes 
Women's golfyes 
Women's rugby  
Women's socceryes 
Women's softballyes 
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's ultimate Frisbee  
Women's volleyball  
Women's volleyballyes 

Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton; basketball; bowling; golf; soccer; volleyball; weight lifting; table tennis

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Sioux Falls Regional Airport

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

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