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2023 Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools in South Dakota

4 Colleges
$32,016 Avg Salary
$26,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Hospitality Management School for You

Hospitality Management is the #126 most popular major in South Dakota with 10 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in South Dakota to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Hospitality Management program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Hospitality Management Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the most popular school in South Dakota for hospitality management students. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Brookings.

After completing their degree, hospitality graduates from South Dakota State carry an average student debt load of $26,000.

Full Hospitality Management at South Dakota State University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Black Hills State University is a great place for hospitality management students. Located in the distant town of Spearfish, BHSU is a public college with a small student population.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at Black Hills State University

The excellent programs at Western Dakota Technical Institute helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best hospitality management schools in South Dakota. Located in the rural area of Rapid City, Western Dakota Tech is a public school with a small student population.

Full Hospitality Management at Western Dakota Technical Institute Report

Best Hospitality Management Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 174
Minnesota 34
Kansas 85
Iowa 248
Nebraska 125
North Dakota 8

Hospitality Management is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916

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 Bblackpsu.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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