University of South Dakota

The University of South Dakota (USD) is a public research university in Vermillion, South Dakota. Established by the Dakota Territory legislature in 1862, 27 years before the establishment of the state of South Dakota,[7] USD markets itself as the flagship university for the state of South Dakota and the state's oldest public university (but see “History” below—classes did not start until 20 years later). It occupies a 274 acres (1.11 km2) campus[5] located in southeastern South Dakota, approximately 63 miles (101 km) southwest of Sioux Falls, 39 miles (63 km) northwest of Sioux City, Iowa, and north of the Missouri River.