Dakota State University Graduate Programs

Dakota State University is a public institution situated in Madison, South Dakota. The surrounding location of Madison is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Where Is Dakota State University?

Contact details for Dakota State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	820 N Washington Ave, Madison, SD 57042-1799
Phone:	605-256-5111
Website:	dsu.edu
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/DakotaState

Dakota State University Graduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity

Of the 468 graduate students at Dakota State, 75% are male and 25% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Dakota State University graduate students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	34
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	253
International Students	87
Other Races/Ethnicities	33

Geographic Diversity

South Dakota students aren't the only ones who study at Dakota State University. At this time, 22 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 25 countries are represented at Dakota State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Nepal, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at Dakota State University

There are 45 bachelor’s degree and 18 master’s degree programs available online at Dakota State. In 2022-2023, 2,482 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Dakota State has changed over the last few years.

This school is the most popular in South Dakota for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Dakota State majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Business, Management & Marketing	4%
Health Professions	30%
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	39%
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences	50%

Dakota State University Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Computer Information Systems	0	43	0	43
Information Technology	0	21	7	28
Information Science	3	15	6	24
Instructional Media Design	0	9	0	9
Medical Illustration & Informatics	3	5	0	8
Business Administration & Management	0	4	0	4
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	0	0	0	0
Accounting	0	0	0	0
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	0	0
Marketing	0	0	0	0
Computer Software & Applications	0	0	0	0
Computer Systems Networking	0	0	0	0
Special Education	0	0	0	0
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	0
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	0	0
English Literature (Other)	0	0	0	0
Writing Studies	0	0	0	0
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0
Mathematics	0	0	0	0
Statistics	0	0	0	0
Intelligence & Command Control Operations	0	0	0	0
Health & Physical Education	0	0	0	0
General Physical Sciences	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	6	97	13	116

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Jlgrabinger under License

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