Hospitality Management at South Dakota State University

What traits are you looking for in a hospitality school? To help you decide if South Dakota State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's hospitality program.

South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and has a total student population of 11,405. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in hospitality from South Dakota State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Hospitality Management section at the bottom of this page.

South Dakota State Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

South Dakota State Hospitality Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hospitality progam at South Dakota State 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 hospitality major at South Dakota State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Hospitality 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 Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Best Value Hospitality Management Schools	87
Most Focused Hospitality Management Schools	398

How Much Do Hospitality Graduates from South Dakota State Make?

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at South Dakota State is $32,016. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $36,364 for all hospitality students.

Hospitality Student Demographics at South Dakota State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the hospitality majors at South Dakota State University.

South Dakota State Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

The hospitality program at South Dakota State awarded 8 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at South Dakota State 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 South Dakota State University with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

South Dakota State also has a doctoral program available in hospitality. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Sales & Marketing
• Business Administration & Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Construction Management
• Business/Managerial Economics

Careers That Hospitality Grads May Go Into

A degree in hospitality 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 South Dakota State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Food Service Managers	830	$52,880
Managers	370	$99,030
Business Professors	270	$84,620
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	240	$36,840
Lodging Managers	240	$58,540

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.