Black Hills State University — Attraction in Spearfish

Staff is fine, campus is nice.. However over the past 3 years of attending service has declined, class selections are limited to the point that your "elective" courses are 100% dictated for you based on availability rather than preference, and small things such as internet connectivity continue to fail miserably year after year. At a bit over $4500 a semester I don't expect flawless high-speed streaming ready internet, however disconnecting several times an hour for 3-5 minutes at a time is completely unacceptable for a school that bases SO much of their coursework online. Your new science building and the landscaping work around are lovely and all but seriously, over half of our classes are online and we pay THOUSANDS and can't even log in on campus frequently. Its not a new problem, its happened for years with zero apparent improvement. (Don't even get me started on the scam that is campus housing.. Forced meal plans, overpriced tiny living spaces, and even worse internet than is...

The first thing that drew me to Black Hills State Univeristy were the people. I was able to talk with students, professors, and many other people about life at BHSU. I also know many people that graduated with Physical Education majors from this school, and they all had nothing but wonderful things to say about it. They are all very successful, geninuine teachers now. I remember visiting this school, and my father saying that if he could go back this is the school he would go to becuase of how nice and helpful the people are, how close the community is, and how caring the professors are; you are not just a number here. Not to mention if you choose to be involved, the friends you will make here are life long! Two...

Financially- It's pretty cheap for a 4 year university. Some people come from out of state because it's cheaper than being in state at a university from where they're from.

Academically - Not very challenging. If you made it through high school, you shouldn't have a problem here. Not as many majors offered here opposed to going across the state to somewhere like SDSU.

Socially - It's South Dakota, what do you expect? Not diverse. Small town mindset from many of the locals here. Small college town that is very quiet during the weekends. If you're younger than 21, good luck finding a job and something to do.

Overall - 3/5 stars. Not horrible, but not as...