Finance & Financial Management at Dakota State University

If you are interested in studying finance and financial 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from Dakota State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Finance & Financial Management section at the bottom of this page.

Dakota State Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Online Classes Are Available at Dakota State

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

Dakota State Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at Dakota State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at Dakota State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance & Financial 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
	14
	43
	47
	60
	115
	138
	391
	458
	528
	574
	574
	659

Finance Student Demographics at Dakota State

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

Dakota State Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Dakota State. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at Dakota State since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance 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 finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within Finance & Financial Management

Finance & Financial Management majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Dakota State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	6

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance 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
Bill and Account Collectors	2,780	$32,570
Tellers	1,970	$27,230
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	1,950	$34,820
Loan Officers	1,590	$63,230

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.