There are twenty-two colleges and universities in the U.S. state of South Dakota that are listed under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
SDSU is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents, a governing board that also controls the University of South Dakota (USD), which has the second largest enrollment.
[note 1][1] USD is the oldest public university in South Dakota, as it has a founding date of 1862.
Globe University–Sioux Falls, a for-profit private university, consists of 262 students and is the state's second smallest institution.
[4] The majority of South Dakota's post-secondary institutions are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).