2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

If you pursue a associate degree in business, management & marketing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #3 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 353 associate degrees in business, management & marketing during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Business, Management & Marketing School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of business, management & marketing for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to business, management & marketing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other business, management & marketing students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for business, management & marketing 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, management & marketing related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top South Dakota Schools for an Associate in Business, Management & Marketing

1

Lake Area Technical Institute
Watertown, SD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

89 Annual Graduates

Lake Area Technical Institute is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in business, management & marketing. LATI is a small public school located in the town of Watertown.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Lake Area Technical Institute

2

Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls, SD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

125 Annual Graduates

Southeast Technical College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the medium-sized city of Sioux Falls, Southeast Tech is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Southeast Technical College

3

Mitchell Technical College
Mitchell, SD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

Mitchell Technical College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the remote town of Mitchell, Mitchell Tech is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Mitchell Technical College

4

Western Dakota Technical Institute
Rapid City, SD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

Western Dakota Technical Institute is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in business, management & marketing. Western Dakota Tech is a small public school located in the city of Rapid City.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Western Dakota Technical Institute

5

Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, SD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Oglala Lakota College is a small public college located in the remote area of Kyle.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Oglala Lakota College

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	37	1,598
Kansas	35	586
Nebraska	34	557
Iowa	33	635
Missouri	32	898
North Dakota	26	171

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	109
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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar. More about our data sources and methodologies.