University of Sioux Falls

Private · Moderately Selective · SD

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School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationSD · Midwest

SettingUrban

Undergrads1,218

Student:faculty18:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate49.1%

6-yr grad rate62.9%

Drop-out rate25.5%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$22k

Out-of-state tuition$22k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity24.5%

Gender diversity61.4%

International1.1%

IdentityAmerican Baptist

Overview

The University of Sioux Falls is a Christian liberal arts university with roots in the American Baptist tradition, located in South Dakota's largest city. It combines a faith-centered mission with a practical, career-oriented set of programs.

Academics

Education, nursing, and business are the university's mainstay programs, each benefiting from a location in a city with an active health-care and financial-services economy. Class sizes stay small enough for students to know faculty across their department, and a Christian worldview is woven into general-education requirements rather than confined to a religion department.

Campus & student life

Sioux Falls itself is a real asset here — its growing health-care and financial sectors put internships, clinical placements, and eventual jobs within a short drive of campus, unusual for a college this size. Chapel and campus ministry programs are part of the regular rhythm of student life, reflecting the university's Baptist-affiliated identity.

Worth knowing

Applicants should know the university expects engagement with its Christian mission — chapel attendance and a values-based campus culture are part of the experience, not an optional add-on for students who choose to opt in.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate82.9%

Enrolled mid-50%—

Test policynot used

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

AdmissionRolling

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