Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Brookings, SD
Population 50,000
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 95 (20%) very dry
Sunshine Hours 2,750 (74%)
Days Without Precipitation 270 (84%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 8,408
Men / Women 46% / 54%
From State 51%
From Region 40%
Athletes 8.8%

Racial/Ethnic

White 84%
International 5%
Hispanic 3%
Mixed 2%
Native American 1%
Asian 1%
Black 1%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences 379 53% / 47% 0% $62,288 75 98%
Agricultural Business 64 +2 55% / 45% 0% $68,274 82 97%
Agricultural Economics $68,274 82
Agricultural Education 37 +1 5% / 95% 0% $56,486 64 100%
Agricultural Systems Technology 21 95% / 5% 0% $77,562 89 100%
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering 13 69% / 31% 0% $83,782 93 100%
Agriculture 40 +9 52% / 48% 0% $51,384 52 90%
Agronomy 11 +2 91% / 9% 0% $63,001 76
Agronomy and Crop Science 36 +3 78% / 22% 0% $73,259 86 95%
Animal Science 71 +2 20% / 80% 0% $61,364 73 99%
Dairy Science 5 +1 40% / 60% 0% $61,364 73 99%
Environmental Management 17 +1 59% / 41% 0% $53,196 57 100%
Food Science 1 100% / 0% 0% $60,107 71
Horticulture 3 33% / 67% 0% $53,950 59 97%
Natural Resources Management 4 75% / 25% 0% $53,196 57 100%
Range Science and Management $73,259 86
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences 31 +8 71% / 29% 0% $51,521 53 100%
City and Regional Planning 1 100% / 0% 0% $62,725 75
Landscape Architecture 8 75% / 25% 12% $62,178 75
Conservation Law Enforcement 16 100% / 0% 0% $55,252 62
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 224 32% / 68% 4% $52,151 54 95%
Advertising 23 +1 48% / 52% 4% $54,778 61 100%
American Indian and Indigenous Studies $52,248 55
Communication Studies 19 +3 32% / 68% 0% $48,572 45 95%
English 10 20% / 80% 0% $49,054 46 90%
French $52,043 54 96%
German 1 100% / 0% 0% $52,351 55
Global Studies 2 +1 100% / 0% 50% $56,315 64
History 13 62% / 38% 0% $55,845 63 94%
Journalism 6 67% / 33% 17% $48,625 45 96%
Political Science 13 +2 15% / 85% 8% $55,618 63 95%
Psychology 59 24% / 76% 3% $51,927 54 91%
Public Relations 5 +1 20% / 80% 0% $54,778 61 100%
Sociology 4 25% / 75% 0% $50,299 50 95%
Spanish 8 +3 12% / 88% 12% $52,043 54 96%
Graphic Design 16 25% / 75% 12% $54,203 59 100%
Interior Design 12 0% / 100% 0% $54,203 59 100%
Music 5 60% / 40% 0% $46,632 39
Studio Art 5 20% / 80% 0% $44,555 32
Theatre 8 50% / 50% 0% $40,252 20
Criminology 15 +5 40% / 60% 0% $56,808 65
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education and Human Sciences 229 31% / 69% 0% $54,221 59 98%
Human Nutrition $58,481 68
Exercise Science 57 +1 40% / 60% 0% $57,856 67 97%
Consumer Affairs 17 35% / 65% 0% $56,695 65 100%
Park Management and Tourism 32 88% / 12% 0% $53,767 58 100%
Human Development and Family Studies 46 2% / 98% 0% $53,607 58 95%
Chemistry Education $56,486 64 100%
Early Childhood Education 40 0% / 100% 0% $47,502 41 97%
Elementary Education 11 0% / 100% 0%
Family and Consumer Sciences Education 3 0% / 100% 0% $56,486 64 100%
Physical Education 5 60% / 40% 0% $56,486 64 100%
Apparel Merchandising 3 0% / 100% 0% $57,655 67
Music Education 15 73% / 27% 0% $56,486 64 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Natural Sciences 218 54% / 46% 5% $63,086 76 97%
Data Science 27 74% / 26% 11% $86,801 94
Chemistry 4 +3 100% / 0% 0% $63,919 77
Mathematics 23 83% / 17% 0% $61,028 73 100%
Physics 2 100% / 0% 0% $67,583 81
Statistics $97,278 98
Biochemistry 7 +2 43% / 57% 14% $60,614 72
Biology 9 33% / 67% 11% $63,037 76 98%
Biology - Pre-Health 72 +2 39% / 61% 3% $63,037 76 98%
Biotechnology 1 +1 100% / 0% 0% $61,181 73
Microbiology 6 +1 67% / 33% 17% $62,173 75 94%
General Studies 33 48% / 52% 9% $52,314 55 92%
Geography and Geospatial Science 10 +5 70% / 30% 0% $57,561 66
Geospatial Sciences 6 +6 67% / 33% 0% $59,525 70
Interdisciplinary Studies 18 39% / 61% 0% $55,058 61
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Nursing 321 15% / 85% 2% $79,370 90 98%
Nursing 321 15% / 85% 2% $79,370 90 98%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions 98 26% / 74% 4% $94,870 97 100%
Nutrition and Dietetics 14 0% / 100% 0% $56,140 64 100%
Medical Laboratory Science 35 20% / 80% 3% $89,075 95 100%
Pharmaceutical Sciences 35 37% / 63% 9% $130,365 100 100%
Public Health 9 44% / 56% 0% $59,824 71
Respiratory Care 5 20% / 80% 0% $58,511 68 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering 241 80% / 20% 7% $87,339 95 99%
Civil Engineering 31 90% / 10% 10% $83,713 93 98%
Electrical Engineering 16 81% / 19% 6% $108,810 99 100%
Mechanical Engineering 57 77% / 23% 7% $92,331 96 100%
Computer Science 29 90% / 10% 24% $108,037 99 100%
Engineering Management 19 84% / 16% 5% $74,538 87
Architecture 28 46% / 54% 4% $62,697 75
Aviation 24 79% / 21% 0% $80,347 91
Construction Engineering Technology 27 96% / 4% 0%
Construction Management $98,547 98
Electronics Engineering Technology 10 90% / 10% 0% $85,852 94
Flight Instruction $80,565 91
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Ness School of Management and Economics 121 60% / 40% 2% $70,120 83 100%
Accounting 3 100% / 0% 0%
Economics 4 100% / 0% 0% $71,528 85 95%
Entrepreneurial Studies 5 60% / 40% 0% $57,478 66 100%
Hospitality Management 4 25% / 75% 0% $56,946 65 100%
Management 103 +1 60% / 40% 3% $71,189 84 100%
Nonprofit Leadership 2 0% / 100% 0% $70,245 84 95%
Organizational Leadership $70,245 84

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $9,769
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $13,627
Est. In-State Cost $12,637
Est. Out-of-State Cost $17,628
ROI Percentile 82th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 84%
4-Year Graduation Rate 46%
6-Year Graduation Rate 62%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Health Sciences 25.2% 462 21% / 79% 2% $80,708 91 98%
Agriculture & Food Science 20.1% 368 48% / 52% 0% $62,361 75 98%
Humanities & Social Sciences 13.8% 253 30% / 70% 4% $52,926 56 94%
Business & Economics 11.6% 212 63% / 37% 2% $65,238 78 100%
Engineering 5.7% 104 82% / 18% 8% $92,297 96 99%
Arts 5.5% 101 43% / 57% 4% $55,758 63 100%
Life & Natural Sciences 5.2% 95 41% / 59% 5% $62,784 75 98%
Professional 5.0% 92 83% / 17% 0% $69,585 83
Education 3.2% 59 5% / 95% 0% $48,999 46 98%
Computer Science 3.1% 56 82% / 18% 18% $97,798 98 100%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.6% 29 86% / 14% 0% $61,879 74 100%

Research R2

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science $57.5M #34 40% $1.5M 20 #30 79 10
Engineering $8.5M #198 45% $0.2M 11 #172 71 3
Physical Sciences & Math $6.3M #206 72% $0.2M 7 #185 29 3
Life & Natural Sciences $4.5M #200 68% $0 6 #173 45 2
Health Sciences $1.9M #203 32% $0 1 #236 12
Humanities & Social Sciences $1.3M #298 52% $0 1 #322 1 3
Business & Economics $1.0M #213 47% $0 1
Education $0.3M #321 96% $0
Computer Science $0.0M #456 66% $0 10
Total $81.5M #167 45% $2.0M 46 #265 247 22

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 85%
Yield (Unbound) 33%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 85% 85% 85%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 77%
SAT Range 1060 – 1240
SAT Math Range 530 – 630
SAT RW Range 530 – 610