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What SAT score do you need for Dakota State University? (Middle 50%: 880–940)

First-year students at Dakota State University who sent an SAT scored 880–940, with a median of 930 (Common Data Set 2025–26). Dakota State University admits 88% of applicants.

Dakota State University · Madison, SD

Where your score lands at Dakota State University

First-year students who sent an SAT: 880–940, median 930

Middle 50% of admitted students Median

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Dakota State University by the numbers

Admit rate
88%
Middle 50% SAT
880–940
Median SAT
930
About on the ACT
16–17
Sent an SAT
17%

Test policy not confirmed for 2026–27 · SAT range from the Common Data Set, 2025–26; admit rate from it or IPEDS

Dakota State University admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 165%, from 912 in 2015 to 2,418 in 2024, and Dakota State University's admit rate went from 81% to 88%.

  1. 81%
  10. 88%
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FallAppliedAdmittedAdmit rate
20242,4182,12988%
202398896798%
202288269679%
202168158386%
202071259584%
201997875777%
20181,05687983%
201797282084%
201692176183%
201591274181%

In fall 2024, 383 of the 2,129 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at Dakota State University

Which tier your score puts them in, and whether it's worth sending.

Your SATTierSend it?*
  1. Under 830Far reachHold
  2. 830–870ReachHold
  3. 880–920TargetHold
  4. 930–930TargetSend
  5. 940 and upLikelySend

Tiers here use only your SAT and their admit rate. Essays, activities and recommendations still decide most admissions at selective colleges. *Send it? assumes they're test optional; we haven't confirmed their policy.

Dakota State University SAT sections, ACT, GPA and class rank

Scores of enrolled first-year students who sent one, by percentile.

Test25thMedian75th
SAT total880930940
ACT composite202326

Of enrolled first-year students, 17% sent an SAT and 63% sent an ACT. Common Data Set 2025–26.

Average high school GPA
3.47
100% of new students reported one
Top 10% of their class
11%
of new students who reported a rank

Dakota State University cost and outcomes

What students pay after grants, how many finish, and what they earn.

Average net price
$21,057
per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years
51%
Median earnings
$50,970
10 years after starting
Undergraduates
4,366

College Scorecard, 2022–23, from the US Department of Education. Net price averages federal-aid students across family incomes.

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There's no cutoff. The middle 50% of first-year students who sent an SAT scored 880–940, and the median was 930. At 930 or higher you're above half of them. Dakota State University admits 88% of applicants.

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