Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Sinte Gleska University is 2 miles from Mission
No college sits inside Mission’s boundary, but Sinte Gleska University’s campus in Mission, with 312 students on campus, is 2 miles from the center of town, and Mitchell Technical College is 135.8 miles away in Mitchell. About 6% of Mission’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as South Dakota (5%).
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Mission. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Mission
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Mission
It is public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Mission.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles and the nearest public four-year college. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at Under $30k; the Census has no median household income for Mission.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid.
Questions about college near Mission
Is Mission a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Mission residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as South Dakota (5). The nearest campus, Sinte Gleska University, is 2 miles away in Mission.
What colleges are near Mission?
Within 15 miles: Sinte Gleska University (2 miles, 312 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to Mission, and what does it cost?
Mitchell Technical College in Mitchell, 135.8 miles away. Tuition and fees are $7,524 a year for South Dakota residents; the federal net price, $13,460, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Oglala Lakota College cost if we live in South Dakota?
Tuition and fees are $2,684 a year in-state and $2,684 from out of state.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Mission. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →