Directory / South Dakota Board of Regents - Scholarships
South Dakota Board of Regents - Scholarships
The South Dakota Board of Regents page covers the state scholarships it manages, such as the Opportunity, Dakota Corps and Jump Start scholarships, plus endowed awards with eligibility lists. A help center page gives each award's dates, and a separate portal handles applications. A link leads to the wider statewide scholarship board on Our Dakota Dreams.
Best for: South Dakota students and parents checking the state's own scholarships and the Regents' endowed awards before searching wider lists.
Limitation: There are no filters, some details sit on separate help pages, and many ad trackers load.
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Our rating
3.2out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (2.5 / 5)
- Board-managed awards sit in one page of sections.
- Endowed awards list eligibility; state awards get summaries.
- No filters; the larger statewide board is off-site.
Scholarship Quality (4.0 / 5)
- Help center articles give each award's dates.
- One endowed award page shows an outdated year.
- Awards are run by the Board and apply through its portal.
- State awards get short summaries; full details sit elsewhere.
Ease of Use (3.5 / 5)
- Each award links to a help center page with details.
- Help center pages have many small links on phones.
- Pages fit phone screens, and Back returns to the list.
Privacy & Marketing (3.0 / 5)
- Facebook, LinkedIn, Snapchat and Google ad trackers load.
- The policy says data is used for ad retargeting.
- The policy links to ad industry opt-out pages.
- No ads appear on the scholarship pages.
How we rate
Matching Power
How well it helps you find the scholarships it lists, by filtering on location, need, merit, major, college and high school.
A 5 means you can narrow the list by where you live, need, merit, major, college or high school, and a big site brings the best fits to the top. A 1 means little or no way to narrow, and in the middle some filters work but many results still do not fit.
Scholarship Quality
How complete, current and traceable its scholarship listings are.
A 5 means nearly every listing is current, links to the real sponsor and gives enough detail to act on. A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.
Ease of Use
How easily you can understand the controls and reach actionable scholarship information.
A 5 means clear controls and a quick path from the list to a scholarship and its sponsor, including on a phone. A 1 means walls, confusing steps or a broken phone view keep getting in the way, and the middle is workable with some tradeoffs.
Privacy & Marketing
What data it asks for, how much advertising or sign-up pressure gets in the way, and how much control you have.
A 5 means the site asks only for what it needs, says why, keeps ads and partner offers out of the way and leaves you in control. A 1 means heavy data requests, sign-up pressure, loan offers or sweepstakes get in the way, and the middle has some of that pressure but it stays manageable.
Our ratings are our opinion of each site, not an endorsement or a prediction that you'll win.