Colleges can have priority deadlines for the FAFSA to help determine who to consider for certain financial aid programs.

Thanks to Morgan Stadler at Northern State University, for the suggestion to publish these priority deadlines. If you have a suggestion for this website, please contact us at feedback@mappingyourfuture.org.

Below is a list of South Dakota colleges and universities with their priority FAFSA deadlines, as well as links to their websites.

• Augustana University: March 1

• Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center Radiologic Technology Program

• Black Hills State University: December 1

• Dakota State University: March 1

• Dakota Wesleyan University: March 1

• Lake Area Technical Institute: April 1

• Mitchell Technical Institute: April 1

• Mount Marty University: March 1

• National American University: May 1

• Northern State University: March 1

• Oglala Lakota College: April 20

• Presentation College: March 1

• Rapid City Regional Hospital Medical Radiology Program

• Sanford Medical Center Medical Laboratory Science Program

• Sanford Medical Center Radiologic Technology Program

• School of EMS

• Sinte Gleska University: April 15

• Sisseton Wahpeton College

• South Dakota School of Mines & Technology: No priority deadline, but students should submit early. Institutional scholarship deadline is January 15.

• South Dakota State University: March 1. Note that many admissions scholarships have a priority deadline of December 15

• Southeast Technical Institute: February 1

• Stewart School

• University of Sioux Falls: January 1

• University of South Dakota: April 1. Note that many scholarships have a much earlier deadline of December 1.

• Western Dakota Tech