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2023 Top South Dakota Men's D2 Football Schools

With all of the options student athletes have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Colleges for Division II Men's Football in South Dakota ranking is part of that endeavor.

After analyzing 5 schools in South Dakota, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D2 Men's Football athletes in South Dakota. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall quality and the athletic competitiveness of the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another. So, even if a school has a great team, it won't place well if it is also considered a low quality college or university.

Find out more about our ranking methodology.

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Since one ranking on its own is not enough to give you a complete understanding of your educational options, you can refine this list by location. We've also developed a number of other tools and rankings based on other factors. These other rankings highlight colleges that excel in other factors such as value or diversity as well as schools that excel in serving different groups of students such as online students or returnings adults.

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Top Colleges in South Dakota for D2 Men's Football athletes in South Dakota

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#9 in Quality in South Dakota

$1,719,573 Team Revenue

$20,290 Avg Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Sioux Falls to be the best school for D2 Men’s Football athletes in South Dakota in this year’s ranking. University of Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It awarded 434 bachelor’s degrees in . The team at University of Sioux Falls took home $1,719,573 in revenue and paid out $1,694,621 in expenses in recent times. That boils down to a yearly profit of $24,952 for the sports team. Read full sports report on University of Sioux Falls

2

Augustana University
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#1 in Quality in South Dakota

$2,393,679 Team Revenue

$37,342 Avg Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Augustana University. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Augustana Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It awarded 569 bachelor’s degrees in . Speaking financially, the D2 Men’s Football team at Augustana Sioux Falls took home $2,393,679 in revenue. Augustana Sioux Falls also took the #1 spot in our overall quality rankings. Full Augustana University Sports Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 5 schools only.

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Revenue and expense information comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics Data Analysis (EADA) website.
• The academic progress rate (APR) of each team was made available by the NCAA.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.