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Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$13,004 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,712 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree School for You

Business, Management & Marketing is one of the most popular subjects to study in South Dakota. With 1,444 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in South Dakota to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for business, management and marketing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Business, Management & Marketing

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

Our 2023 rankings named University of South Dakota the best value school in South Dakota for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Vermillion, USD is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USD are $7,118 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, USD is ranked #5 for overall quality for business, management and marketing in South Dakota.

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#2

Dakota State University

Madison, SD

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Dakota State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the distant town of Madison, Dakota State is a public college with a small student population.

Dakota State graduate students pay an average of $6,731 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University of Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, SD

Out of the 9 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Sioux Falls landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Sioux Falls, University of Sioux Falls is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Sioux Falls are $7,110 per year.

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Out of the 9 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Aberdeen, NSU is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NSU are $6,736 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NSU is ranked #3 for overall quality for business, management and marketing in South Dakota.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school located in the town of Brookings.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at South Dakota State are $9,384 a year.

South Dakota State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list.

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Black Hills State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the town of Spearfish, BHSU is a public college with a small student population.

BHSU graduate students pay an average of $8,916 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Dakota Wesleyan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Dakota Wesleyan University is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Mitchell.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Dakota Wesleyan University are $15,300 a year.

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#9

Augustana University

Sioux Falls, SD

Augustana University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. Located in the midsize city of Sioux Falls, Augustana Sioux Falls is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Augustana Sioux Falls are $36,696 a year.

Augustana Sioux Falls not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list.

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Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 8,125
Minnesota 13,660
Iowa 8,473
Missouri 15,273
Nebraska 6,221
North Dakota 1,892

Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382
Human Resource Management 28,787
Business Support & Assistant Services 19,119
Hospitality Management 17,689
Management Information Systems 13,680
Entrepreneurial Studies 11,319
International Business 9,101
Real Estate 6,547
General Sales & Marketing 5,923
Business/Managerial Economics 5,667
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 5,191
Other Business, Management & Marketing 4,822
Construction Management 3,846
Insurance 1,809
Taxation 1,547
Business/Corporate Communications 1,029
Telecommunications Management 55

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 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 Amit Savargaonkar.

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