Dakota Wesleyan University Business Programs

Dakota Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mitchell, South Dakota. The surrounding location of Mitchell is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Dakota Wesleyan 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.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#68	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Dakota Wesleyan University?

Contact details for Dakota Wesleyan University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1200 W University Ave, Mitchell, SD 57301-4398
Phone:	605-995-2600
Website:	www.dwu.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/dwublue
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/dakotawesleyan

How Do I Get Into Dakota Wesleyan University?

You can apply to Dakota Wesleyan University online at: www.dwu.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Dakota Wesleyan University

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not 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 Wesleyan University?

Dakota Wesleyan University has an acceptance rate of 64%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 67% of accepted students are men and 33% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 62%, and the acceptance rate for women is 70%.

Average Test Scores

About 12% of students accepted to Dakota Wesleyan University submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 570. Math scores were between 490 and 540.

Dakota Wesleyan University received ACT scores from 86% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 22. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 18 and 23.

Can I Afford Dakota Wesleyan University?

The overall average net price of Dakota Wesleyan University is $27,039. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Dakota Wesleyan University, approximately 98% of students took out student loans averaging $7,616 a year. That adds up to $30,464 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Dakota Wesleyan University is 5.0%. 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 Wesleyan University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 781 undergraduate students at Dakota Wesleyan University, with 628 being full-time and 153 being part-time.

There are also 152 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 628 full-time undergraduates at Dakota Wesleyan University, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	6
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	51
White	520
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	34

Geographic Diversity

South Dakota students aren't the only ones who study at Dakota Wesleyan University. At this time, 12 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 7 countries are represented at Dakota Wesleyan University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, United Kingdom, and Argentina.

Online Learning at Dakota Wesleyan University

In 2019-2020, 128 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 6th 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 Wesleyan University

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Dakota Wesleyan University was $29,770 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Dakota Wesleyan University 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
Other Accounting and Related Services	#1	#1
Other Business, Management & Marketing	#19	#16
Business Management & Marketing	#19	#16
General Economics	#41	#32
Economics	#44	#35

Online Growth Rankings of Dakota Wesleyan University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Dakota Wesleyan University was -34.6%. This is the #1,792 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Dakota Wesleyan University regardless of major.

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

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Other Business, Management & Marketing	#77
Business Management & Marketing	#77

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 Wesleyan University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	1	20	0	21
General Business Administration and Management	17	0	0	17
Business Management & Marketing	0	0	12	12
Accounting	8	0	0	8
Financial Planning & Services	0	4	0	4
Entrepreneurship	3	0	0	3
Finance	3	0	0	3
Management Science	1	0	0	1
Other Accounting and Related Services	0	0	0	0
Organizational Leadership	0	0	0	0
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	0	0	0
General Economics	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	33	24	12	69

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 Jake DeGroot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.