Program Payoff

Finance and Financial Management Services programs in South Dakota

6 schools in South Dakota teach this, at certificate or associate level. 1 of them reports what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $29,250 at Lake Area 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
Loan Officers$79,9201,820
Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,0001,710
Tellers$38,4601,560
Bill and Account Collectors$46,6201,120
Financial Managers$159,7001,000

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Lake Area Technical College Watertown Associate's degree $12,000 $29,250 (16 grads) 26
Lake Area Technical College Watertown Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Northern State University Aberdeen Associate's degree not published 1
South Dakota State University Brookings Associate's degree not published
Southeast Technical College Sioux Falls Undergraduate certificate not published
Southeast Technical College Sioux Falls 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.