by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Augustana University was awarded 133 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.
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Augustana Sioux Falls landed the #363 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. Augustana Sioux Falls has maintained this ranking for at least two years in a row.
Augustana Sioux Falls is also ranked #4 out of 13 schools in South Dakota.
The acceptance rate at Augustana University is 72%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Augustana Sioux Falls is a good fit for you.
About 7% of students accepted to Augustana Sioux Falls submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 640. Math scores were between 530 and 660.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Augustana Sioux Falls it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Augustana University is 73%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 84% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Augustana University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Augustana Sioux Falls for first-time, full-time students is 56%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,735 undergraduates at Augustana Sioux Falls with 1,665 being full-time and 70 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $19,304 | $17,585 | $22,216 | $25,658 | $26,997 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Augustana Sioux Falls, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Augustana Sioux Falls, approximately 66% of students took out student loans averaging $8,844 a year. That adds up to $35,376 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Augustana Sioux Falls is 1.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Augustana Sioux Falls are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2001 S Summit Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57197-0001 |
| Phone: | 605-274-5516 |
| Website: | www.augie.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/AugustanaCollegeSD |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/augustanasd |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 83 | $60,050 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 65 | $38,193 |
| General Biology | 49 | $25,995 |
| Business Administration & Management | 48 | $43,860 |
| Health & Physical Education | 37 | NA |
| Romance Languages | 26 | $24,410 |
| General Psychology | 22 | NA |
| Mathematics | 17 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 15 | $46,610 |
| Accounting | 15 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 500 students took at least one online class at Augustana University. This is an increase from the 226 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 500 | 211 |
| 2019-2020 | 226 | 223 |
| 2018-2019 | 242 | 237 |
| 2017-2018 | 274 | 274 |
| 2016-2017 | 288 | 288 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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