Business Administration & Management at Dakota Wesleyan University

If you plan to study business administration and management, take a look at what Dakota Wesleyan University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Dakota Wesleyan University is located in Mitchell, South Dakota and approximately 933 students attend the school each year. Of the 163 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Dakota Wesleyan University in 2021, 18 of them were business administration and management majors.

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.

Dakota Wesleyan University Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at Dakota Wesleyan University

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Dakota Wesleyan University does offer online courses in business administration for the following degree levels:

Dakota Wesleyan University Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at Dakota Wesleyan University 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 Dakota Wesleyan University 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
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	3
Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	121
	272
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Schools	444
Best Business Administration & Management Schools	776
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	921
Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,020
	1,152
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,153
	1,510
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Schools	1,545

Business Administration Student Demographics at Dakota Wesleyan University

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

Dakota Wesleyan University Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

The business administration program at Dakota Wesleyan University awarded 18 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 72% of these degrees went to men with the other 28% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Finance & Financial Management
• Accounting
• Other Business, Management & Marketing

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 Dakota Wesleyan University.

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 Jake DeGroot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.