2025 Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

If you pursue a associate degree in business administration & management, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #3 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 109 associate degrees in business administration & management to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Business Administration & Management School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of business administration & management for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality business administration program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to business administration & management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of business administration & management students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for business administration & management to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business administration & management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for business administration & management students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Business Administration & Management in South Dakota

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in business administration & management.

Top South Dakota Schools for an Associate in Business Administration

1

National American University - Rapid City
Rapid City, SD

11 Annual Graduates

$33,364 Median Starting Salary

National American University - Rapid City is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in business administration & management. Located in the small city of Rapid City, National American University - Rapid City is a private for-profit university with a small student population.

Associate recipients from the business administration & management degree program at National American University - Rapid City get $2,954 more than the typical graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

More information about a associate in business administration & management from National American University - Rapid City

2

Mitchell Technical College
Mitchell, SD

18 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in business administration & management needs to look into Mitchell Technical College. Mitchell Tech is a small public college located in the town of Mitchell.More information about a associate in business administration & management from Mitchell Technical College

3

Western Dakota Technical Institute
Rapid City, SD

12 Annual Graduates

$24,503 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Western Dakota Technical Institute if you wish to pursue an associate degree in business administration & management. Located in the small city of Rapid City, Western Dakota Tech is a public school with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their associate from the business administration program state that they receive average early career earnings of $24,503.

More information about a associate in business administration & management from Western Dakota Technical Institute

4

Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, SD

15 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Oglala Lakota College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in business administration & management. Located in the remote area of Kyle, Oglala Lakota College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in business administration & management from Oglala Lakota College

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	151	394
Kansas	146	258
Missouri	117	470
Iowa	116	329
Nebraska	98	425
North Dakota	92	107

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Business Administration & Management Related Rankings by Major

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Business Administration & Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Business Administration Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	95
Interior Design Management	13
Supply Chain Management	1

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Marketing	87
General Business/Commerce	60
Accounting	43
Finance & Financial Management	27
Entrepreneurial Studies	19
Business Support & Assistant Services	4
Hospitality Management	2
Human Resource Management	1
Construction Management	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.