Information Technology at Dakota State University

Every information technology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the IT program at Dakota State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Dakota State is located in Madison, South Dakota and has a total student population of 3,186. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students received their master's degree in IT.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

Dakota State Information Technology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IT
• Doctorate Degree in IT

Online Classes Are Available at Dakota State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Dakota State does offer online courses in IT for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Dakota State Information Technology Rankings

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in IT, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IT Student Demographics at Dakota State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at Dakota State University.

Dakota State Information Technology Master’s Program

Of the 26 students who earned a master's degree in Information Technology from Dakota State in 2020-2021, 65% were men and 35% were women.

Of the students who received a IT master's degree from Dakota State, 69% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Dakota State University with a master's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	18
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Information Science
• Computer Information Systems

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SD, the home state for Dakota State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,770	$62,420
Computer User Support Specialists	1,200	$38,860
Computer Network Support Specialists	750	$48,080
Computer Network Architects	410	$100,330
Web Developers	380	$54,410

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jlgrabinger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.