Yankton College was a private liberal arts college in Yankton, South Dakota, United States, affiliated with the Congregational Christian Churches (later the United Church of Christ).

Yankton College produced nine Rhodes Scholars, more than any other South Dakota higher education institution, and a United States Senator.

The man primarily responsible for the college's establishment was Joseph Ward, a local pastor and educator who is one of the two South Dakotans represented in the National Statuary Hall.

[3][4] The campus was declared the Yankton College Historic District in 1982 due to the presence of a group of buildings designed by architect George Grant Elmslie.

From 1960 to 1980 Yankton competed in the Tri-State Conference with private schools in Iowa and Nebraska.