Dickinson State is located in Dickinson, North Dakota, a city of 17,000, near the rugged and beautiful North Dakota Badlands and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Outdoor recreational activities including hiking, biking, golfing, hunting, and fishing are located within minutes of campus. Dickinson is located along Interstate 94 and the community is served by commercial bus and air service for easy access.

You can be involved in student government, student publications, musical groups, science and art organizations, drama and speech clubs, athletics (varsity and intramural), special departmental clubs and organizations, national and international learning trips.