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University of South Dakota

University of South Dakota
414 E. Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069

Official telephone: (877) 269-6837
Website: https://www.usd.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 7,619
Full-time undergraduates: 4,792
Part-time undergraduates: 2,827
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
2.2% American Indian or Alaskan Native
1.5% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.8% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.8% Hispanic/Latino
0.0% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
76.0% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.6% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
6.9% Nonresident Alien
1.1% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Percent of students who live in school housing: 37%
Percent of students who live off campus: 63%

STUDY FACILITIES
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service
Counseling services:
career

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station

ATHLETICS

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's footballyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and fieldyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's indoor track NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's indoor trackyes 
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's triathlonyes 
Women's triathlon NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I

Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball; football; golf; soccer; softball; tennis; volleyball; triathlon; indoor track; swimming and diving; track and field; cross-country running

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

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