College · Private for-profit · Rapid City, SD · City
National American University-Rapid City
Rapid City, SD
Online-only
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$30k
Net price / yr$31k
Undergrad size764
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $31k/yr for a shot at a $30k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
764 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $34k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $31k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$138k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$124k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$14k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback4.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $16.1k
- Books & supplies
- $0
How students pay for it.
Pell grants57%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans54%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$29k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $14k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention37%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr0%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$30k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$37k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private for-profit
- Undergrad size
- 764
- Location
- Rapid City, SD
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · higher part-time
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White37%
- Black29%
- Hispanic16%
- Unknown6%
- Two or more races4%
- International3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native3%
- Asian1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
First-gen students54%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time88%
Many students enroll part-time — often working.
Veterans1%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$18k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 25
What you can study.