National American University-Rapid City
Rapid City, SD · For-profit · Small city · NAURC
For-profit institution in Rapid City, SD · 832 undergraduates · $37,325 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 4%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 11%Pell Grant share
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $22,0861,278th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $16,065993rd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $16,065601st cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $29,232899th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $29,0201,795th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $37,3251,715th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $29,6411,754th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 60.0%772nd highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 66.7%1,386th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 8321,461st largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 6.0:194th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 57.0%244th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 298 mi (DEN)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 22 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | $59,193 | $56,133 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralComputer Science | bachelors | $50,439 | $40,551 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $44,276 | $42,682 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $42,767 | $45,109 |
| Human Resources Management and ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $38,289 | $41,205 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | $36,398 | $39,832 |
| Criminal Justice and CorrectionsHomeland Security & Law Enforcement | bachelors | $35,891 | $36,938 |
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $30,771 | — |
| Air TransportationTransportation | bachelors | — | — |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Computer Software and Media ApplicationsComputer Science | bachelors | — | — |
| Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsComputer Science | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to National American University-Rapid City’s 832 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In SD
- Mount Marty UniversityYankton, SD · 702 undergrads
- Dakota Wesleyan UniversityMitchell, SD · 661 undergrads
- Sinte Gleska UniversityMission, SD · 579 undergrads
- Oglala Lakota CollegeKyle, SD · 1,156 undergrads
- Northern State UniversityAberdeen, SD · 1,239 undergrads
- University of Sioux FallsSioux Falls, SD · 1,258 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Tennessee Wesleyan UniversityAthens, TN · 832 undergrads
- Plaza CollegeForest Hills, NY · 829 undergrads
- Rochester UniversityRochester Hills, MI · 827 undergrads
- The University of Tennessee SouthernPulaski, TN · 827 undergrads
- Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady UniversityBaton Rouge, LA · 826 undergrads
- Northwest CollegePowell, WY · 826 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitenational.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 219204)
- Compare colleges in SDRe-score with your weights
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- Compare with Mount Marty UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: National American University-Rapid City vs Mount Marty UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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