Finance at University of South Dakota

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

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and has a total student population of 9,459. Of the 234 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of South Dakota in 2021, 36 of them were finance majors.

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

USD Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

USD Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at USD 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 USD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. 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
	33
	55
	383
	446
	496

Finance Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 36 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Finance from USD in 2020-2021, 69% were men and 31% were women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance 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 finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	32
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 University of South Dakota.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
General and Operations Managers	3,670	$125,490
Loan Officers	1,590	$63,230
Financial Managers	680	$132,030
Chief Executives	540	$251,950
Financial Analysts	450	$73,870

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.