Educational facilities in the area are considered above average; and, in addition to Rapid City Public Schools and the Douglas School District at Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rapid City also has a dozen parochial schools. Post-secondary education is available at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, National American University, |
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Black Hills State University (65 miles north of Rapid City), and Western Dakota Technical Institute. Other educational facilities include Oglala Lakota College, Career Learning Center, SDSU College of Nursing and USD Department of Nursing, SDSU West River Graduate Center, New Horizons, Black Hills Beauty College, and Headlines Academy. |