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There are twenty-two
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s and
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in the
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of
South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large po ...
that are listed under the
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. Brookings-based
South Dakota State University South Dakota State University is a public land-grant research university in Brookings, South Dakota. Founded in 1881, it is the state's largest and most comprehensive university and the oldest continually-operating university in South Dakota. The ...
(SDSU) is the state's largest
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, with a spring 2012 enrollment of 12,725 students. SDSU is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents, a
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that also controls the
University of South Dakota The University of South Dakota (USD) is a public research university in Vermillion, South Dakota. Established by the Dakota Territory legislature in 1862, 27 years before the establishment of the state of South Dakota, USD is the flagship uni ...
(USD), which has the second largest enrollment. In addition, the Board controls four other public universities in the state. USD is the oldest public university in South Dakota, as it has a founding date of 1862. Augustana College, situated in Sioux Falls, is the largest
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with a spring 2012 enrollment of 1,871 students in attendance. Sioux Falls Seminary, a
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located in the city of the same name, is the state's smallest post-secondary institution, as it had a spring 2012 enrollment of 141 students. Globe University–Sioux Falls, a for-profit private university, consists of 262 students and is the state's second smallest institution. The state's only
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, the
University of South Dakota School of Law The University of South Dakota School of Law also known as University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law or USD Law in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States, is a professional school of the University of South Dakota and the only law school in ...
, is
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by the
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. USD also contains the state's only
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, the
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine The University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine is the medical school of the University of South Dakota. It offers the Doctor of Medicine, master's and PhD degrees in biomedical sciences, and an MD–PhD. The dean of the school is Dr. Ti ...
. The majority of South Dakota's post-secondary institutions are accredited by the
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(HLC). Most are accredited by multiple agencies, such as the
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(NCATE), the
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(NASM), the
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) is a nursing education accrediting agency in the United States. The CCNE is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. CCNE accreditation is a voluntary, self-regulatory process, and t ...
(CCNE), and the
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(NLNAC).


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Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in South Dakota
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