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Sitting Bull College

Fort Yates, North Dakota Public 4-year Remote rural area

Overview

Sitting Bull College is a public four-year institution based in Fort Yates, North Dakota. Its campus is in a remote rural area. Fall 2024 enrollment was 309, made up of 280 undergraduates and 29 graduate students. It is a tribal college and a land-grant institution.

Sitting Bull College offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 26 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Curriculum and Instruction, General Studies, and Welding Engineering Technology/Technician. It awarded 86 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 2 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. The student-to-faculty ratio is 8 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
309
Students enrolled
86
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
26
Programs and majors
8:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 26

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

Education 6
Construction Trades 2
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Engineering Technologies 1
Health Professions 2
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Business, Management and Marketing 1
Natural Resources and Conservation 1
Public Administration and Social Services 2
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 1
Computer and Information Sciences 1
Area, Ethnic, Cultural and Gender Studies 1
Legal Professions and Studies 1
Engineering 1
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Transportation and Materials Moving 2

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

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

Student-to-faculty ratio
8:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
18
Associate degrees
31
Master's degrees
13
Certificates under 1 year
22
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
2

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
309
Undergraduates, fall 2024
280
Graduate students, fall 2024
29
Full-time, fall 2024
77%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
403
Undergraduates, 2024-25
364
Graduate students, 2024-25
39
Full-time, 2024-25
69%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

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

Women
64%
Men
36%
White
6%
Hispanic or Latino
1%
American Indian or Alaska Native
92%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
2
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
24%
Students taking some online courses
52%

Campus and services

Setting
Remote rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Tribal Colleges
President
Tomi Kay Phillips
Services and opportunities
Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, On-campus day care
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training

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