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Kairos University

Sioux Falls, South Dakota Private nonprofit 4-year Midsize city

Overview

Kairos University is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Its campus is in a midsize city. It enrolled 1,239 students in fall 2024, including 82 undergraduates and 1,157 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is North American Baptist.

Kairos University offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 8 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Divinity/Ministry, Bible, and Theology. It awarded 267 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 8 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The student-to-faculty ratio is 9 to 1.

Mission

We steward followers of Jesus who flourish in their vocations for the sake of the world.

Mission statement as reported by Kairos University

Key figures

1,239
Students enrolled
267
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
8
Programs and majors
9:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional

Programs and majors offered 8

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Theology and Religious Vocations 5
Health Professions 1
Business, Management and Marketing 1
Psychology 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, part-time students
75%
Student-to-faculty ratio
9:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
40
Master's degrees
175
Doctoral degrees (research)
26
Professional doctorates
23
Postbaccalaureate certificates
3

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,239
Undergraduates, fall 2024
82
Graduate students, fall 2024
1,157
Full-time, fall 2024
9%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,694
Undergraduates, 2024-25
91
Graduate students, 2024-25
1,603
Full-time, 2024-25
33%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
35%
Men
65%
White
64%
Hispanic or Latino
10%
Black or African American
15%
Asian
5%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
5%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
8
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
90%
Students taking some online courses
10%

Campus and services

Setting
Midsize city
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
North American Baptist
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions
President
Greg Henson
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling

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