Post-secondary institutions in South Dakota provide employers with graduates from a wide variety of majors, career and professional tracks, and skilled labor programs. Here are some of the key majors or programs our member colleges and technical institutions offer:
Augustana University
Augustana offers more than 100 undergraduate majors, minors, and pre-professional programs in addition to master’s degrees in the areas of Professional Accountancy, Education, Genetic Counseling, and Sports Administration.
Top undergraduate programs include:
- Nursing
- Business Administration
- Biology & Chemistry
- Education
- Accounting
- Government and International Affairs
Dakota State University
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Business and Information Systems
- College of Education
- The Beacom College of Computer and Cyber Sciences
- Doctoral (Ph.D.) Programs
- Masters Programs
- Bachelor & Associate Programs
- Certificate Programs.
Dakota Wesleyan University
Top undergraduate degrees include:
- Business Administration in Finance, Management, or Marketing
- Entrepreneurial Leadership
- Non-profit Administration
- Athletic Training
- Nursing
- Education
- Digital Media and Design
- Wildlife Management
Lake Area Technical College
Vocational School with 26 programs.
Campus is known for:
- Being a National Aspen Prize winner twice
- Having President Obama as keynote speaker for 2015 graduates.
Mitchell Technical College
Agriculture & Transportation Technologies, Business & Service Industries, Construction & Manufacturing Technologies, Energy Production & Transmission, Engineering Technologies, and Health Sciences.
Some unique programs at MTI are:
- Powerline Construction & Maintenance
- Electrical Utilities Substation Technology
- GPS/GIS Mapping
- Precision Ag Technology
- Telecommunications
- Culinary Academy
- Automation Controls
- Speech-Language Pathology Assistant
- Wind Turbine Technology
- Leadership Academy
Northern State University
The largest number of degrees annually are confirmed from the School of Business (B.S. Management, Accounting, Professional Accounting, Banking and Financial Services) and the School of Education (Elementary and Secondary Education, Human Performance and Fitness).
Other popular programs:
- Art: Advertising Design
- Music
- Biology
- Environmental Science
- Biotechnology
- Sociology-Criminal Justice
- English
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
South Dakota Mines offers degrees in 20 undergraduate and 24 graduate engineering and science majors.
Engineering majors include:
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering,
- Computer Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Geological Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical and Mining Engineering
South Dakota State University
SDSU offers 78 undergraduate majors, 35 master’s degrees, 15 Ph.D. programs, and 2 professional doctoral programs.
These academic programs are housed primarily in 6 colleges:
- Agriculture & Biological Sciences
- Arts & Sciences
- Education & Human Sciences
- Nursing
- Pharmacy & Allied Health Professions
- Engineering
Southeast Technical College
- Business
- Health
- Information Technology
- Transportation
- Industrial
University of Sioux Falls
The University of Sioux Falls is a small, private, Christian Liberal Arts Institution with over 80 academic program offerings. Our most popular majors include:
- Business Administration
- Education
- Exercise Science
- Nursing
We also have several adult and accelerated program options in:
- Business Administration
- Accounting
- Health Administration
- Education
- Nursing
University of South Dakota
USD offers 202 undergraduate programs and 78 graduate programs, and features the state’s only Law School and Medical School, along with a state of the art Business School, that is fully accredited by AACSB International, and a Media and Journalism department, fully accredited by the ACEJMC.
Top undergraduate fields of study include:
- Nursing
- Business
- Biology/Medical Biology
- Health Science
- Elementary Education
- Criminal Justice
- Kinesiology and Sport Science
- Psychology
- Accounting
- Media/Journalism
Western Dakota Technical College
Western Dakota Technical College offers over 30 programs in the areas of:
- Health Sciences
- Transportation Technology
- Business & Computers
- Construction & Manufacturing
- Energy & Environmental Technologies
- Legal and Public Services