These are the top Universities and Colleges in South Dakota based on the 2009 web popularity ranking or the popularity of their websites.

SDSU Campanile



1 – South Dakota State University – Brookings
2 – University of South Dakota – Vermillion
3 – National American University – Rapid City and other locations
4 – Dakota State University – Madison and other locations
5 – Northern State University – Aberdeen
6 – South Dakota School of Mines and Technology – Rapid City
7 – Oglala Lakota College – Kyle
8 – Augustana College – Sioux Falls
9 – Black Hills State University – Spearfish
10 – University of Sioux Falls – Sioux Falls
11 – Dakota Wesleyan University – Mitchell
12 – Mount Marty College – Yankton
13 – Sinte Gleska University – Mission

The data was extracted from three different search engines:
– Google Page Rank
– Yahoo Inbound Links
– Alexa Traffic Rank