Dakota State University Business Programs

Located in Madison, South Dakota, Dakota State University is a public institution. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Madison draws many to the area.

Dakota State University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Dakota State has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#110	Best Business Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Dakota State.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#14	Best Value Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#26	Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#34	Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#67	Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#86	Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Dakota State has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#5	Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Course Advisor
#91	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marketing	College Factual
#115	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting	College Factual
#131	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Business Administration and Management	College Factual
#144	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business Administration & Management	College Factual
#174	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual

Where Is Dakota State University?

Contact details for Dakota State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	820 N Washington Ave, Madison, SD 57042-1799
Phone:	605-256-5111
Website:	dsu.edu
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/DakotaState

How Do I Get Into Dakota State?

You can apply to Dakota State online at: https://dsu.edu/apply.html

Admission Requirements for Dakota State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Dakota State?

The acceptance rate at Dakota State University is 84%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 66% of accepted students are men and 33% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 84%, and the acceptance rate for women is 83%.

Average Test Scores

About 11% of students accepted to Dakota State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 610. Math scores were between 510 and 580.

Dakota State received ACT scores from 90% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 25. Math scores were between 19 and 26. Composite scores were between 19 and 26.

Can I Afford Dakota State University?

The overall average net price of Dakota State is $23,263. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Dakota State, approximately 67% of students took out student loans averaging $7,649 a year. That adds up to $30,596 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Dakota State is 5.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Dakota State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,740 undergraduate students at Dakota State, with 1,495 being full-time and 1,245 being part-time.

There are also 446 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,495 full-time undergraduates at Dakota State, 71% are male and 29% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Dakota State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	23
Black or African American	39
Hispanic or Latino	68
White	1,222
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	115

Geographic Diversity

South Dakota students aren't the only ones who study at Dakota State University. At this time, 22 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 25 countries are represented at Dakota State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Nepal, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at Dakota State University

In 2019-2020, 2,440 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Dakota State has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 3rd most popular in South Dakota for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Dakota State

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Dakota State University was $9,536 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $12,606. The following table shows how Dakota State is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Finance	#25	#13
Accounting	#28	#21
Accounting	#31	#24
Finance & Financial Management	#31	#16
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#52	#33
Marketing	#55	#33

Online Growth Rankings of Dakota State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Dakota State University was 6.6%. This is the #691 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Dakota State regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Dakota State ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Dakota State.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Finance	#89
Finance & Financial Management	#132
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#156
Marketing	#207
Accounting	#274
Accounting	#472

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Dakota State University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	5	14	5	24
Accounting	0	9	0	9
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	7	0	7
Finance	0	6	0	6
TOTAL	5	36	5	46

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Jlgrabinger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.