Business Administration & Management at University of South Dakota

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

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and has a total student population of 9,459. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 64 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from USD.

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

USD Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Business Administration (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at USD

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.

USD does offer online education options in business administration for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

USD Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at USD compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 USD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & 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
	21
	60
	93
	94
	94
	128
	174
	197
	301
	315
	368
	467
	500
	617
	806
	807
	1,148
	1,313

In 2021, 80 students received their master’s degree in business administration from USD. This makes it the #368 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of USD Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at USD is $37,003. This is less than $41,334, which is the national average of all business administration majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Business Administration Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

The business administration program at USD awarded 64 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 61% of these degrees went to men with the other 39% going to women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at USD 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 University of South Dakota with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	57
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

USD Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 80 students who graduated with a master’s in business administration from USD in 2021, 56% were men and 44% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from USD, 89% 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 University of South Dakota with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	71
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within Business Administration & Management

The following business administration concentations are available at University of South Dakota. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of South Dakota. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	141
Organizational Leadership	3

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Human Resource Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management

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 University of South Dakota.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
General and Operations Managers	3,670	$125,490
Retail Sales Supervisors	3,230	$46,950
Management Analysts	2,700	$78,140
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	1,800	$49,000
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	1,380	$60,180

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.