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Get a head start on your college degree at °®Éñ´«Ã½ State University.

At °®Éñ´«Ã½, we offer the most extensive high school programs in the state so that you can get an early start on your education.

We also make it easy - and affordable - to transition into becoming a full-time student at °®Éñ´«Ã½. Now, if you earn NSU credit through our Online High School Dual Credit Program, °®Éñ´«Ã½ Academy, Rising Scholars Program or E-Learning dual credit and then attend °®Éñ´«Ã½, you can earn scholarship money!

Read more about our programs below, or contact us today!

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Online High School Dual Credit

Earn credit, online or on campus, toward HS graduation while starting on a degree from NSU

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°®Éñ´«Ã½ Academy

Take high school dual credit courses on-campus with Academy support and start on a degree from °®Éñ´«Ã½.

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Rising Scholars Program

Earn credit toward graduation at one of 12 high schools while starting on a degree from NSU

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Center for Statewide E-learning

A pioneer in distance education, the Center at NSU serves K-12 students throughout South Dakota

Learn about the Center

'An easy and natural transition' to full-time student at NSU


"When I was finishing up high school, there were three major schools that I was looking at. Of these schools, I felt like °®Éñ´«Ã½ offered me the most of what I wanted.

I had already been attending classes at °®Éñ´«Ã½ through their , so it was an easy and natural transition to becoming a full-time college student. By the time that I graduated high school, I already had a semester's worth of college credit through °®Éñ´«Ã½.

Getting that head start on my college education has given me the freedom to take my education at my own pace and acclimate to the pace of college life."

— Peyton Miller-Dalberg, Aberdeen