South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University, or SDSU, was established on February 21, 1881, as Dakota Agriculture College. The name was changed to South Dakota State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts in 1904. SDSU settled on its current name in 1964. The university campus encompasses more than 250 acres in Brookings, South Dakota. The university offers a number of undergraduate degrees, master degrees, and doctoral degrees. As of Fall 2008, SDSU enrolled 11,995 students. The academic units of the college are as follows:

• College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences
• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Education and Counseling
• College of Engineering
• College of Family and Consumer Sciences
• College of General Studies
• College of Nursing
• College of Pharmacy

SDSU has approximately 20 varsity teams which are known as the Jackrabbits. The university competes in the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Division I in the North Central Conference. The men’s teams include wrestling, basketball, track and field, football, golf, tennis, swimming and diving, cross country, and baseball. The women’s teams include softball, soccer, basketball, cross country, equestrian, volleyball, and many more.

South Dakota State University Highlights

Where South Dakota State University stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

• Many students concentrating in nutrition and exercise therapy, conservation and resource management, landscaping and horticulture, medicine, nursing and emergency medicine, agricultural science and management, animal science and care, science, design, and mathematics.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Large number of students.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

Other important characteristics:

• Faculty tenure system
• Library on-campus
• Campus housing available
• Study abroad option
• Distance learning available
• Part-time classes available
• ROTC
• Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

South Dakota State Students

The student enrollment at South Dakota State was 11,645 in 2007 (9,739 full-time equivalent).

About 51% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 49% of the class.

Undergrads are 85% of enrolled students, graduate students are 13%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 2%.

Students living in the US make up 100% of incoming freshmen.

Among freshmen students, 97% are full-time and 3% are part-time.

Tuition and Other Costs

Financial Aid: South Dakota State participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Housing and Meals

South Dakota State provides on-campus housing for 3,643 of its 9,739 (full-time) students (as of 2007). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

South Dakota State Athletics

School sports include football (Gateway Football Conference), basketball (Mid-Continent Conference), baseball (Mid-Continent Conference), and track (Mid-Continent Conference).

South Dakota State offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 174 male students received the aid (men were 59% of those receiving aid) and 123 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 41% of students receiving such aid) .

South Dakota State Admissions (2007)