Graduate School Tuition at Dakota State University

Dakota State University is a four-years, public school located in Madison, SD. It offers 12 graduate programs - 6 Master's, 2 Doctorate, and 4 Post-bachelor's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $6,731 for South Dakota residents and $11,931 for others. A total of 484 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 3,241 students at Dakota State.

Dakota State offers online graduate programs and 395 out of 484 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

You can find Dakota State's health profession programs at health professions information page.

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Graduate Program Overview

Dakota State University is a four-years, public school located in Madison, South Dakota. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $6,731 for South Dakota residents and $11,931 for out-of-state students. It offers twelve (12) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Dakota State University
Type	four-years, public
Address	820 N Washington Ave, Madison, SD
Graduate School Students	468 students 395 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$6,731 Out-of-State$11,931
Student to Faculty	18:1 (5.56%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 12 Graduate Programs 6 Master's, 2 Doctorate, 4 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Dakota State University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.

For South Dakota residents, the tuition & fees are $6,731 and $11,931 for non-South Dakota residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $333 for South Dakota residents and $622 for out-of-state students.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$5,999	$11,199
Fees	$732	$732
Cost per Credit	$333	$622
Books & Supplies	$1,200
Room & Board	$8,990 (On-Campus) / $9,776 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$6,286 (On-Campus) / $7,757 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$23,207	$28,407
Off-Campus Total	$25,464	$30,664

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$6,660	$6,660	$6,731	$6,731	$6,731
Out-of-State	$11,809	$11,809	$11,931	$11,931	$11,931

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Dakota State University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 12 major areas - 6 Master's (6 online programs), 2 Doctorate (2 online programs), 4 Post-Bachelor'(4 online programs).

97 students have been conferred Master's degree and 66 students have received Doctorate degree last year. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	97	66	6	-
Men	67	44	4	-
Women	30	22	2	-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Science/Studies	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Medical Informatics	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Sciences	43^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Information Science/Studies	15^ONLINE	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	21^ONLINE	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational/Instructional Technology	9^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Medical Informatics	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Science/Studies	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Sciences	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Information Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Network and System Administration/Administrator	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 3,219 students enrolled in Dakota State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 468 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 350 male and 118 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 90 full-time and 378 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 395 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 55 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	468	90	378
Men Students	350	70	280
Women Students	118	20	98

By race/ethnicity 253 White, 37 Black, and 34 Asian students are attending at Dakota State University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	468	350	118
American Indian or Native American	3	2	1
Asian	27	7	37
Black	37	26	11
Hispanic	24	21	3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	5	5	0
White	253	181	72
Tow or More Races	8	6	2
Race Unknown	17	16	1

11 students are younger than 22 and 171 students are older than 65. The school has 154 students aged between 22 and 30 and 148 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	468
21 & Under	11
22-24	70
25-29	84
30-34	89
35-39	59
40 & Over	171

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field.

At Dakota State, 395 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 55 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	484
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	395
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	55
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	34

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	395
South Dakota Resident	86
Other State In U.S.	291
Outside of U.S.	18

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