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University of Sioux Falls

University of Sioux Falls is a private campus in Sioux Falls proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. The school reports a American Baptist affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$17,733

family income
under $30k

$16,406

$30–48k

$18,201

$48–75k

$21,244

$75–110k

$23,609

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$21,3832023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at University of Sioux Falls rose from $19,329 (2008) to $21,383 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$19,329
2009	$18,932
2010	$18,522
2011	$19,099
2012	$19,372
2013	$19,267
2014	$20,345
2015	$20,650
2016	$20,014
2017	$20,989
2018	$19,893
2019	$21,662
2020	$21,076
2021	$20,959
2022	$20,874
2023	$21,383

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$34,2742024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at University of Sioux Falls rose from $29,500 (2009) to $34,274 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$29,500
2010	$31,025
2011	$32,200
2012	$33,233
2013	$33,909
2014	$35,298
2015	$36,240
2016	$37,037
2017	$38,174
2018	$39,234
2019	$29,413
2020	$30,472
2021	$31,216
2022	$31,730
2023	$32,728
2024	$34,274

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2001	$12,600
2002	$13,400
2003	$13,900
2004	$15,100
2005	$16,100
2006	$16,720
2007	$17,940
2008	$19,325
2013	$24,550
2014	$25,480
2015	$26,240
2016	$27,160
2017	$27,980
2018	$18,280
2019	$18,910
2020	$19,520
2021	$19,900
2022	$20,290
2023	$20,740

IPEDS Published price 2001–02 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $21,750 before grants and other attendance costs. At University of Sioux Falls, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 1,218 — University of Sioux Falls is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

62.9% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at University of Sioux Falls within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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62.9%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at University of Sioux Falls rose from 38.8% (entered 1991) to 62.9% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	38.8%
1992 cohort	41%
1993 cohort	54.3%
1994 cohort	49.5%
1995 cohort	46.1%
1996 cohort	54%
1997 cohort	51.2%
1998 cohort	47.1%
1999 cohort	41.9%
2000 cohort	50.7%
2001 cohort	45%
2002 cohort	49.5%
2003 cohort	50.2%
2004 cohort	51.3%
2005 cohort	58.6%
2006 cohort	48%
2007 cohort	47.5%
2008 cohort	53.1%
2009 cohort	55.1%
2010 cohort	52.8%
2011 cohort	49.4%
2012 cohort	46.2%
2013 cohort	63.8%
2014 cohort	57.6%
2015 cohort	57.7%
2016 cohort	59.3%
2017 cohort	60.5%
2018 cohort	62.9%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	—	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	—	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$15,750	$6,143
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$16,905	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$17,125	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$17,125	$8,437
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$17,125	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,125	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$19,125	$6,750
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$21,250	$7,000
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$22,916	$8,305
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$23,500	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$22,750	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$22,625	$7,358
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$22,493	$7,000
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$22,285	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$23,250	$6,250
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$23,250	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$23,250	$7,250
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$23,249	$7,500

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$46,712

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$51,245

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$54,521

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

University of Sioux Falls admitted 1,899 of 2,291 applicants in Fall 2024. The 82.9% rate describes that application pool.

82.9%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $20,740 tuition · 2023–24 1,218 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Tests not considered · Fall 2024

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, University of Sioux Falls received 2,291 applications and admitted 1,899 (82.9%), with 290 enrolling.

University of Sioux Falls did not consider scores in the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. No score range is displayed for University of Sioux Falls under that historical policy.

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Acceptance rate

82.9%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Read University of Sioux Falls's change from 96.2% to 82.9% as a share of applications, not an explanation of admissions decisions. This describes Fall 2002 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2002	96.2%
Fall 2003	95.7%
Fall 2004	98.4%
Fall 2005	75.9%
Fall 2006	94.8%
Fall 2007	97.3%
Fall 2008	97.5%
Fall 2009	96.5%
Fall 2010	94.3%
Fall 2011	72.8%
Fall 2012	55.5%
Fall 2013	96.9%
Fall 2014	97.2%
Fall 2015	92.2%
Fall 2016	91.5%
Fall 2017	92%
Fall 2018	91.3%
Fall 2019	91.5%
Fall 2020	92.3%
Fall 2021	76.6%
Fall 2022	75.9%
Fall 2023	82.1%
Fall 2024	82.9%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2002–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1070–1230Fall 2019 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2003	820	955
Fall 2004	1010	1290
Fall 2005	930	1160
Fall 2006	960	1260
Fall 2007	910	1060
Fall 2008	930	1210
Fall 2009	800	1010
Fall 2010	890	1070
Fall 2011	910	1110
Fall 2012	890	1030
Fall 2013	810	970
Fall 2014	850	1120
Fall 2015	910	1090
Fall 2016	960	1160
Fall 2017	910	1300
Fall 2018	1060	1180
Fall 2019	1070	1230

IPEDS Fall 2003–2019, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

20–25Fall 2019 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	19	24
Fall 2003	16	26
Fall 2004	19	24
Fall 2005	19	25
Fall 2006	19	25
Fall 2007	19	25
Fall 2008	20	25
Fall 2009	20	26
Fall 2010	20	25
Fall 2011	21	26
Fall 2012	20	25
Fall 2013	20	26
Fall 2014	19	25
Fall 2015	20	25
Fall 2016	20	25
Fall 2017	20	25
Fall 2018	20	25
Fall 2019	20	25

IPEDS Fall 2001–2019, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

1,218Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at University of Sioux Falls has wandered from Fall 2002 to Fall 2024 — up to 1,349 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 1,218.

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,186
Fall 2003	1,245
Fall 2004	1,304
Fall 2005	1,262
Fall 2006	1,269
Fall 2007	1,261
Fall 2008	1,227
Fall 2009	1,215
Fall 2010	1,190
Fall 2011	1,165
Fall 2012	1,160
Fall 2013	1,075
Fall 2014	1,082
Fall 2015	1,185
Fall 2016	1,207
Fall 2017	1,174
Fall 2018	1,268
Fall 2019	1,349
Fall 2020	1,311
Fall 2021	1,306
Fall 2022	1,299
Fall 2023	1,258
Fall 2024	1,218

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

74%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at University of Sioux Falls has held near 74% from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	68%
Fall 2003 cohort	71%
Fall 2004 cohort	65%
Fall 2005 cohort	70%
Fall 2006 cohort	68%
Fall 2007 cohort	68%
Fall 2008 cohort	67%
Fall 2009 cohort	70%
Fall 2010 cohort	74%
Fall 2011 cohort	65%
Fall 2012 cohort	66%
Fall 2013 cohort	72%
Fall 2014 cohort	72%
Fall 2015 cohort	70%
Fall 2016 cohort	73%
Fall 2017 cohort	73%
Fall 2018 cohort	77%
Fall 2019 cohort	79%
Fall 2020 cohort	74%
Fall 2021 cohort	74%
Fall 2022 cohort	75%
Fall 2023 cohort	74%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about University of Sioux Falls

28.8% of University of Sioux Falls's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes University of Sioux Falls as a primarily residential campus of 1,218 undergraduates — and 74.5% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

University of Sioux Falls reported not considering test scores in Fall 2024, when its admission rate was 82.9%. Review University of Sioux Falls's current requirements before applying; use the GPA calculator for your semester numbers.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How University of Sioux Falls compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

University of Sioux Falls82.9%

South Dakota median84.6%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

University of Sioux Falls$21,750

South Dakota median$10,077

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

University of Sioux Falls's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

University of Sioux Falls$54,521

South Dakota median$51,926

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

University of Sioux Falls, South Dakota and national reference values
Metric & basis	University of Sioux Falls	South Dakota median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	82.9%	84.6%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$21,750	$10,077	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$54,521	$51,926	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For University of Sioux Falls, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

University of Sioux Falls federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 9 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$79,077
Accounting and Related Services	$70,772
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	$63,466
Criminal Justice and Corrections	$62,792
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$50,253
Psychology, General	$49,469
Social Work	$46,451
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$44,735
Communication and Media Studies	$42,847

These 9 fields listed for University of Sioux Falls measure earnings after completion. The $54,521 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 31 additional University of Sioux Falls fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does University of Sioux Falls report?

University of Sioux Falls did not consider scores in Fall 2024: 82.9% admitted. Check current requirements.

What is University of Sioux Falls's acceptance rate?

82.9% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 1,899 admitted from 2,291 applicants.

How much does University of Sioux Falls cost?

At University of Sioux Falls, tuition is $21,750. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does University of Sioux Falls report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $54,521. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in South Dakota

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology — 79.9% admitted
Dakota Wesleyan University — 73.4% admitted
Augustana University — 67.7% admitted
Sinte Gleska University

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.