2025 Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Business Administration & Management is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #1 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 257 master's degrees in business administration & management to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Business Administration & Management School for Your Master's Degree

The business administration master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality business administration program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to business administration & management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other business administration & management students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt business administration & management students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business administration & management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for business administration & management students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Business Administration & Management in South Dakota

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in business administration & management.

Top South Dakota Schools for a Master's in Business Administration

1

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD

79 Annual Graduates

$76,293 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat University of South Dakota if you want to pursue a master's degree in business administration & management. USD is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Vermillion.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management major at University of South Dakota get $9,847 more than the standard college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in business administration & management from University of South Dakota

2

Augustana University
Sioux Falls, SD

34 Annual Graduates

Augustana University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in business administration & management. Augustana Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Sioux Falls.More information about a master’s in business administration & management from Augustana University

3

National American University - Rapid City
Rapid City, SD

55 Annual Graduates

$57,430 Median Starting Salary

National American University - Rapid City is a great decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the small city of Rapid City, National American University - Rapid City is a private for-profit university with a small student population.

After graduating, business administration master's recipients generally earn an average of $57,430 in their early careers.

More information about a master’s in business administration & management from National American University - Rapid City

4

University of Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, SD

56 Annual Graduates

$65,615 Median Starting Salary

University of Sioux Falls is a wonderful choice for students interested in a master's degree in business administration & management. University of Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Sioux Falls.

After graduating, business administration master's recipients usually earn about $65,615 in their early careers.

More information about a master’s in business administration & management from University of Sioux Falls

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	3,162
Minnesota	174	2,786
Iowa	154	1,119
Kansas	149	1,443
Nebraska	123	939
North Dakota	115	314

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Business Administration & Management Related Rankings by Major

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Business Administration & Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Business Administration Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	247
Project Management	10

Most Popular Majors Related to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Business, Management & Marketing	55
Accounting	24
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	18
Human Resource Management	11
Finance & Financial Management	6
Marketing	3
Management Information Systems	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.