Sinte Gleska University

Mission, SD · Public · 487 undergrads · website ↗

Tribal college
Open admission
$74 application fee

Does anyone get out?

The point of starting here is finishing somewhere else. This is how often that happens.

of students transfer to a four-year institution

What it costs

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$11,728
$30,000 – $48,000	$13,818
$48,000 – $75,000	$14,839
$75,000 – $110,000	—
Over $110,000	—
All incomes (average)	$12,768

Sticker tuition and fees: $4,714 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Sinte Gleska University's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

Net price calculator ↗

Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$10,000
Books and supplies	$1,000
Other expenses, off campus	$7,000

Outcomes

Completion rate: 15%
Students with Pell grants: 59%
Earnings @ 10yr: $20,948
Median debt: —

Admission and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Open admission
Application fee: $74
Students per faculty member: 16 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 100%

What students study

Business20%

Education14%

Health & Nursing13%

Computer Science1%

Visual & Performing Arts1%

Best transfer rates elsewhere in SD

Oglala Lakota CollegeKyle10.7%

Contact and accreditation

Address: E. Highway 18, 101 Antelope Lake Circle, Mission, SD 57555-0105
Phone: (605) 856-8100
Institutional accreditor: Higher Learning Commission

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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Transfer rate is the share of entrants transferring to a four-year institution; it is published for roughly a third of community colleges, and a blank means unpublished rather than zero. Which specific credits transfer is set by agreements between individual institutions and is not published nationally — confirm with both colleges before enrolling.

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