Northern State University is a small public college located in Aberdeen, SD ranked 11th in South Dakota. It has a total of 4,143 full-time undergraduate students and is not competitive, accepting 84.46% of applicants. Northern State University offers 69 different majors and is best known for its Ecology and Rhetoric and Composition programs, which are respectively ranked 23rd and 39th in the United States. With an annual tuition of $7,540 for students from South Dakota and $10,611 for those from out-of-state, Northern State University is pretty cheap. 36.82% of students graduate starting the next stage of their lives, entering the labor market. After college, alumni go on to take in around $35,300 per year, which is 15% below the national median.