Bachelor's · Madison, South Dakota
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Dakota State University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $75,018
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $87k (likely $87k – $112k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $35k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in SD
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.7 years (likely 2.4–5.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $72k (likely −$73k – $266k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $482k (likely $177k – $887k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 49%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$137,285
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$112,578
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$85,696
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$78,637
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$57,912
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$56,991
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$54,179
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Associate's)$49,821
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$48,997
- Special Education and Teaching (Bachelor's)$46,095
- Computer Software and Media Applications (Bachelor's)$42,513
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$41,489
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- Augustana University$68,463
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- Northern State University$56,571
- Oglala Lakota College$56,375
- University of Sioux Falls$50,253
- Dakota Wesleyan University$48,437