Program Payoff

Business/Commerce, General programs in South Dakota

4 schools in South Dakota teach this, at certificate or associate level. 1 of them reports what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $33,741 at Southeast Technical College.

What this work pays in South Dakota

General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400 a year across 4,280 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in South Dakota
Management Analysts$83,6202,980
Project Management Specialists$82,2501,310
Construction Managers$118,3801,070
Cost Estimators$74,9501,030
Industrial Production Managers$107,490720

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Southeast Technical College Sioux Falls Associate's degree $18,750 $33,741 (94 grads) 56
Black Hills State University Spearfish Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Sinte Gleska University Mission Associate's degree not published 0
Sisseton Wahpeton College Sisseton Associate's degree not published 0

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.