2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, business administration and management students earned 636 degrees and certificates from a South Dakota school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for business administration students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Business Administration & Management

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

13 Graduate Certificates

#2 in Quality in South Dakota

$7,118 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of South Dakota the best value school in South Dakota for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Vermillion, USD is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USD are $7,118 a year.

USD also took the #2 spot in our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota rankings.

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#2

Dakota Wesleyan University

Mitchell, SD

20 Graduate Certificates

#5 in Quality in South Dakota

$15,300 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota Wesleyan University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Dakota Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Mitchell.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Dakota Wesleyan University are $15,300 per year.

Dakota Wesleyan University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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).

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