2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Ranked #1 in popularity, business, management & marketing is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in South Dakota to determine which ones were the best for business, management & marketing students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 885 bachelor's degrees in business, management & marketing to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Business, Management & Marketing School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The business, management & marketing bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. 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 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.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 - The number of business, management & marketing students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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 much debt business, management & marketing students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business, management & marketing related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for business, management & marketing students working on their bachelor's 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Business, Management & Marketing in South Dakota

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for business, management & marketing students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top South Dakota Schools for a Bachelor's in Business, Management & Marketing

1

National American University - Rapid City
Rapid City, SD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

65 Annual Graduates

National American University - Rapid City is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing. National American University - Rapid City is a small private for-profit university located in the city of Rapid City.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from National American University - Rapid City

2

Augustana University
Sioux Falls, SD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

92 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing needs to take a look at Augustana University. Located in the midsize city of Sioux Falls, Augustana Sioux Falls is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Augustana University

3

South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD

Basic Certificate Highest Degree Type

136 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing needs to look into South Dakota State University. South Dakota State is a large public university located in the remote town of Brookings.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from South Dakota State University

4

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

253 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing needs to look into University of South Dakota. Located in the distant town of Vermillion, USD is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of South Dakota

5

Black Hills State University
Spearfish, SD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

86 Annual Graduates

Located in the town of Spearfish, BHSU is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Black Hills State University

6

Northern State University
Aberdeen, SD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

60 Annual Graduates

NSU is a small public university located in the town of Aberdeen.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Northern State University

7

University of Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, SD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

63 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Sioux Falls, University of Sioux Falls is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of Sioux Falls

8

Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, SD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Oglala Lakota College is a small public college located in the rural area of Kyle.More information about a bachelor’s 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
Missouri	35	8,110
Kansas	33	5,397
Minnesota	33	7,207
Iowa	32	5,574
Nebraska	31	4,042
North Dakota	30	1,258

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	424
Accounting	146
Business/Managerial Economics	87
Finance & Financial Management	83
Marketing	60
Construction Management	29
Entrepreneurial Studies	15
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	15
Human Resource Management	13
Hospitality Management	7

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.