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Largest registered nursing programs in South Dakota
South Dakota registered nursing programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Dakota State University | Brookings | Public, 4-year | 354 |
| 2 | University of South Dakota | Vermillion | Public, 4-year | 126 |
| 3 | Lake Area Technical College | Watertown | Public, 2-year | 47 |
| 4 | Augustana University | Sioux Falls | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 46 |
| 5 | Dakota Wesleyan University | Mitchell | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 42 |
| 6 | Southeast Technical College | Sioux Falls | Public, 2-year | 39 |
| 7 | University of Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 38 |
| 8 | Western Dakota Technical College | Rapid City | Public, 2-year | 34 |
| 9 | Mount Marty University | Yankton | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 22 |
| 10 | Mitchell Technical College | Mitchell | Public, 2-year | 21 |
| 11 | Oglala Lakota College | Kyle | Public, 4-year | 17 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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