Business & management

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University of South Dakota · Vermillion, SD

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$12,942Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Master's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$59,405
Same subject · national$74,196
Business & management · national$63,005

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · master's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $57,826–$66,761.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Master's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
South Dakota State UniversityWildlife and Wildlands Science and Management$52,107
University of Southern MississippiAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations$50,895
California State University-San BernardinoAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations$59,737
Texas A&M University-Central TexasBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$59,169
University of WyomingAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations$59,642
California State University-StanislausBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$73,949
Citadel Military College of South CarolinaBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$82,123
Emporia State UniversityBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$67,660
Southern Illinois University-EdwardsvilleAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations$58,692
University of MississippiAccounting and Related Services$58,447
University of North AlabamaBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$66,461
Delta State UniversityBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$55,964
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗