General Business Administration and Management at Dakota State University

If you are interested in studying general business administration and management, you may want to check out the program at Dakota State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Dakota State is located in Madison, South Dakota and approximately 3,186 students attend the school each year. Of the 36 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Dakota State University in 2021, 14 of them were general business administration and management majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Business Administration and Management section at the bottom of this page.

Dakota State General Business Administration and Management Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Business Administration
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at Dakota State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Dakota State does offer online courses in business administration for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Dakota State General Business Administration and Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration programs across the country. The following shows how Dakota State performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at Dakota State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Business Administration and Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	63
	84
	121
	186
	200
	245
	264
	278
	322
	329
	363
	363
	457
	775
	813
	848
	901
	921
	994
	1,110
	1,113
	1,666
	1,678

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in business administration from Dakota State. This makes it the #921 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Dakota State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at Dakota State University.

Dakota State General Business Administration and Management Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of business administration associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

Dakota State does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in business administration graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Dakota State University with a associate's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Dakota State General Business Administration and Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of business administration bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at Dakota State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Dakota State University with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Dakota State General Business Administration and Management Master’s Program

Of the 5 business administration students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Dakota State, about 100% were men and 0% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from Dakota State, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Dakota State University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Dakota State also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SD, the home state for Dakota State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
General and Operations Managers	3,670	$125,490
Management Analysts	2,700	$78,140
Cost Estimators	850	$54,860
Chief Executives	540	$251,950
Industrial Production Managers	430	$101,810

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jlgrabinger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.