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2023 Most Popular Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

4 Colleges
$26,070 Avg Salary
$14,785 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, accounting was ranked 8th in South Dakota. In fact, 241 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in South Dakota to see which undergraduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Accounting program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Mount Marty University

Yankton, SD

Our analysis found Mount Marty University to be the most popular school for accounting students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in South Dakota. Mount Marty is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Yankton.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western Dakota Technical Institute is a great place for accounting students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Rapid City, Western Dakota Tech is a public school with a small student population.

About 88% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 13% are male.

On average, accounting graduates from Western Dakota Tech take out $16,073 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Read full report on Accounting at Western Dakota Technical Institute

#3

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Southeast Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular accounting schools in South Dakota. Located in the rural area of Sioux Falls, Southeast Tech is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 60% of the accounting majors at the school.

Full Accounting at Southeast Technical College Report

#4

Sinte Gleska University

Mission, SD

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Sinte Gleska University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular accounting schools in South Dakota. Sinte Gleska University is a fairly small public school located in the remote area of Mission.

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Best Accounting Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Accounting Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,765
Minnesota 1,551
Kansas 1,036
Iowa 956
Nebraska 466
North Dakota 277

Accounting is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Accounting

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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 Pixabay.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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