University of South Dakota

Location: Vermillion, SD

Website: www.usd.edu

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Virtual Tours: None

Number of Students: 9,574

Student to Faculty Ratio: 15:1

Percentage of Students Who Identify As Native: 2%

Percentage of Staff Who Identify As Native: 1.64%

Graduation Rate For Native Students: 23.2%

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

• Acting

• Art

• Art Education

• Arts in Health

• Ceramics

• Communication Studies

• Creative Writing

• Dance

• Design/Theatre Technology

• Directing

• Drawing

• Film Studies

• Graphic & Web Design

• Journalism

• Kinesiology and Sport Management

• Media & Journalism

• Music

• Music Education

• Music Performance

• Musical Arts

• Musical Theatre

• Painting

• Photography

• Piano Pedagogy

• Printmaking

• Professional Writing

• Sculpture

• Sport Management

• Sport Marketing & Media

• Theatre

• Theatre Studies

Native Degrees

• American Indian Education

• Native American Studies

• Native American Studies: Lakota Studies

Native Language(s) Taught

• Lakota

Native Classes

• American Indian Art History

• American Indian Literature

• American Indian Literature II

• American Indians in Film

• Contemporary Issues in Native American Studies

• Crime in Indian Country

• Current Issues and Problems in Indian Education

• Federal Indian Policy

• History of Indian Education

• Indian Wars: Past and Present

• Indigenous Women

• Intermediate Lakota I

• Intermediate Lakota II

• Introduction to American Indian Literature

• Introductory Lakota I

• Introductory Lakota II

• Intro to Native American Studies

• Lakota Conversation

• Lakota Culture and Traditions

• Lakota Governance

• Lakota History and South Dakota

• Lakota Linguistic Analysis I

• Modern American Indian History and Culture since 1867

• Native American History from 1890

• Native American Oral History and Traditions

• Native American Psychology

• Native American Religion and Spirituality

• Native Americans & Substance Use & Addiction

• Native Peoples and Cultures of North America

• Social Work and Native Families and Children

• South Dakota American Indian Culture and Education

• South Dakota Indian Studies

• South Dakota Prehistory

• Storytelling: Diverse Cultural Education