South Dakota State University

Location: Brookings, SD

Website: sdstate.edu

Virtual Information Sessions: sdstate.edu/visit

Virtual Tours: sdstate.edu/thecollegetour

Number of Students: 11,331

Student to Faculty Ratio: 19.5:1

Percentage of Students Who Identify As Native: 1%

Percentage of Staff Who Identify As Native: 1%

Graduation Rate For Native Students: 16%

Diploma

Certificate

Associate's ✓

Bachelor's ✓

Master's ✓

Doctorate ✓

On-Campus Native Specific Housing ✓

On-Campus Family Housing ✓

On-Campus Sober Housing ✓

On-Campus Childcare

Support Person For Native Students ✓

Elder-In-Residence ✓

Native American Tuition Waiver

Native Greek Organizations

Arts & Entertainment Degrees

• Animation

• Apparel and Fashion Studies

• Architecture

• Art History

• Athletic Coaching

• Ceramics

• Communication and Media Studies

• Communication Studies

• Dance

• Design Studies

• Digital and Social Media

• English - Writing Specialization

• Events and Facilities Administration

• Fashion Studies and Retail Merchandising

• Film Studies

• Graphic Design

• History of Art and Design

• Hospitality, Tourism, and Event Management

• Journalism

• Mass Communication

• Music

• Music Education

• Music - Music Entrepreneurship Specialization

• Music - Music Studies Specialization

• Painting

• Performing Arts Administration

• Printmaking

• Professional Writing

• Recreation Administration

• Sculpture

• Sport and Recreation Administration

• Sport and Recreation Management

• Studio Art - Art Education Specialization

• Studio Art - Ceramics Specialization

• Studio Art - Painting Specialization

• Studio Art - Printmaking Specialization

• Studio Art - Sculpture Specialization

• Studio Arts

• Theater

Native Degrees

• American Indian & Indigenous Studies

• Native Communities and Economic Development

• Wizipan Leadership and Sustainability

Native Language(s) Taught

• Lakota

Native Classes

• American Indians in Film

• American Indian Literature

• American Indian Literature of the Present

• Building Native Community in Economic Capacity

• Culturally-Based Indigenous Health

• Ethnobotany

• Formation of Federal Indian Policy

• History and Culture of the American Indian

• Indian Health Services Practice Experience

• Indians of North America

• Indigenous Feminisms

• Indigenous Relationships to the Environment

• Intermediate Lakota I

• Intermediate Lakota II

• Introduction to American Indian and Indigenous Studies

• Introduction to Native Community Development

• Introductory Lakota I

• Introductory Lakota II

• Native American Religions

• Native American Natural Resource Management

• Oral History

• Rise of American Indian Activism

• Seminar in American Indian Literature

• South Dakota American Indian Culture and Education

• Tribal Colleges in Economic Development