College Costs and Financial Aid

2023-2024 College Cost Sheets for SD Schools

Mapping Your Future is a great resource to go for all information regarding paying for college.

Check out the FAFSA website for more information and to complete the FAFSA before heading off to college. 

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Basic Information

• • Opens on October 1st of every year

  • Priority deadline is March 1st of every year

  • Full deadline of June 30th of every year

  • Things you will need to fill out the FAFSA

    1. • Your Social Security number (it’s important that you enter it correctly on the FAFSA form!)

       • Your parents’ Social Security numbers if you are a dependent student

       • Your driver’s license number if you have one

       • Your Alien Registration number if you are not a U.S. citizen

       • Federal tax information, tax documents, or tax returns, including IRS W-2 information, for you (and your spouse, if you are married), and for your parents if you are a dependent student:

         1. IRS Form1040

         2. Foreign tax return or IRS Form 1040-NR

         3. Tax return for Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or Palau

       • Records of your untaxed income, such as child support received, interest income, and veterans noneducation benefits, for you, and for your parents if you are a dependent student

       • Information on cash; savings and checking account balances; investments, including stocks and bonds and real estate (but not including the home in which you live); and business and farm assets for you and for your parents if you are a dependent student

*If you need assistance or have questions

• Visit SouthDakota.MappingYourFuture.org

• Call 1-800-374-4072

• Email: feedback@MappingYourFuture.org

FAFSA Codes for SD Schools

• • Augustana University - 003458

  • Black Hills State University - 003459

  • Dakota State University - 003463

  • Dakota Wesleyan University - 003461

  • Lake Area Technical College - 005309

  • Mitchell Technical College - 008284

  • Mount Marty University - 003465

  • Northern State University - 003446

  • Southeast Technical College - 008285

  • South Dakota School of Mines and Technology - 003470

  • South Dakota State University - 003471

  • University of Sioux Falls - 003469

  • University of South Dakota - 003474

  • Western Dakota Technical College - 010170