South Dakota: enrollment and college housing by campus

The 2 South Dakota campuses here enrolled 15,162 full-time students in fall 2024 and controlled 6,885 beds of housing, 45 beds per 100 full-time students. University of South Dakota has the most full-time students beyond its own beds: 4,381.

2campuses with 3,000+ full-time students

15,162full-time students, fall 2024

6,885college-controlled beds, 2024-25

$4,890median typical housing charge, academic year (2 reporting)

Sorted by full-time students beyond college-controlled capacity. Sources: Fall 2024 enrollment, IPEDS DRVEF2024 (provisional release, December 2025); 2024-25 housing capacity and charges, IPEDS COST1_2024 (December 2025). * Combined food and housing charge, for schools that don't split the two. n/a: no charge reported.
Campus	Full-time	Beds	Per 100	Beyond beds	Housing charge
University of South Dakota Vermillion	6,509	2,128	32.7	4,381	$4,890
South Dakota State University Brookings	8,653	4,757	55	3,896	$5,581

"Beyond beds" is full-time enrollment minus the college's own housing capacity. It is not a demand forecast: some of those students live with family, and some commute by choice. Method and sources.