About University of Sioux Falls

The University of Sioux Falls (USF) is a private Christian academic world in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The university was founded in 1883. In fall 2014, the academic world enrolled a total of 1,142 undergraduate students and 311 graduate students.

Sioux Falls (/ˌsuː ˈfɔːlz/) (Lakota: Íŋyaŋ Okábleča Otȟúŋwahe; “Stone Shatter City”) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 139th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county chair of Minnehaha County and afterward extends into Lincoln County to the south, proximate behind the Iowa permit line. As of 2020, Sioux Falls had an estimated population of 195,850. The Sioux Falls metro Place accounts for more than a quarter of the state’s entire population. Chartered in 1856 upon the banks of the Big Sioux River, the city is situated in the rolling hills at the junction of interstates 29 and 90.

According to Best Life magazine, Sioux Falls is the healthiest city in the United States and is often considered one of the healthiest cities in the US by many new organizations.