A report by the South Dakota Board of Regents compared spending on students by each university, then comparing them to similar institutions.
The study found the University of South Dakota second lowest among nine similar universities, spending just over twenty-three thousand dollars on each student.
USD President Jim Abbott says they are very efficient…..

Abbott says they could always do more with a higher budget….

Abbott says they have changed how they teach students over the years….

USD was the lowest among the nine schools on spending per degree at just over eighty-eight thousand dollars.