Business Administration & Management at Northern State University

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

NSU is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota and has a total student population of 3,431. Of the 254 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northern State University in 2021, 26 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.

NSU Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Business Administration
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at NSU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

NSU Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at NSU 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 business administration major at NSU 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
Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59
Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	117
Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	194
Best Value Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	203
Best Business Administration & Management Schools	302
	343
	805
	999
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	1,015

Earnings of NSU Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at NSU is $38,996. This is less than $41,334, which is the national average of all business administration majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Business Administration Student Demographics at NSU

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

NSU Business Administration & Management Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of business administration associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in business administration at NSU are white. Around 100% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern State University with a associate's in business administration.

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

NSU Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

The business administration program at NSU awarded 26 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 62% of these degrees went to men with the other 38% going to women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at NSU 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 Northern State University with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• International Business
• Management Information Systems
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• Accounting

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 Northern State 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.