South Dakota State University is the state’s largest, most comprehensive university with more than 200 academic programs, an enrollment of approximately 12,000 students, and over $60 million annual research expenditures.
South Dakota State University offers a rich academic experience in an environment of inclusion and access through inspired, student-centered education, creative activities and research, innovation and engagement that improve the quality of life in South Dakota, the region, the nation and the world. Its employees embrace the university’s core values of being people-centered, expanding knowledge through creativity, embracing organizational and personal integrity, commitment to diversity of thought, and excellence through continuous improvement.
Housed in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, the School of Psychology, Sociology & Rural Studies was established in July 2021 and offers the B.A. and B.S. in Psychology (with or without Teaching Specialization), the A.S. in Sociology, the B.A. and B.S. in Sociology, the B.S. in Sociology with Teaching Specialization, and the B.A. and B.S. in Criminology. The School offers minors in Criminal Justice, Mental Health Services, Psychology, and Sociology. In addition, the School offers the M.S. in Sociology-Community Development Specialization, the Community Development certificate, and the Native Communities & Economic Development certificate.
As the state’s 1862 Morrill Act land-grant institution, the work of the university is carried out on its main resident campus in Brookings, at sites in Sioux Falls, Pierre, Rapid City, and Aberdeen, and through Extension offices and Agricultural Experiment Station research sites across South Dakota.