Marketing at Dakota State University

What traits are you looking for in a marketing school? To help you decide if Dakota State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's marketing program.

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, 7 of them were marketing majors.

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

Dakota State Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Dakota State offers distance education options for marketing at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Dakota State Marketing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks marketing 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 marketing major at Dakota State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Marketing. 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
	26
	70
	108
	113
	144
	182
	490
	579
	615
	623
	671
	758

Marketing Student Demographics at Dakota State

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

Dakota State Marketing Bachelor’s Program

The marketing program at Dakota State awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 57% of these degrees went to men with the other 43% going to women. The typical marketing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at Dakota State since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within Marketing

The following marketing concentations are available at Dakota State University. 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
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	7

Related Majors

• Finance & Financial Management
• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That Marketing Grads May Go Into

A degree in marketing 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
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	940	$55,430
Sales Managers	330	$128,760
Business Professors	270	$84,620
Marketing Managers	70	$145,400

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.