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2023 Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 416,590 business administration and management students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 173 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top 25 Top Schools for a Doctorate in Business Administration & Management

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Duke University the best school in the United States for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

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#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.

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#3

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Cornell University is a great place for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Virginia - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best business administration and management schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a very large student population.

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#5

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best business administration and management schools in the United States. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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#6

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Yale University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Yale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Haven.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

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University of California - Los Angeles ranked #8 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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#9

Rice University

Houston, TX

With a ranking of #9, Rice University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

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University of Management and Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business administration and management students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. University of Management and Technology is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Arlington.

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University of California - Berkeley did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business administration and management students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business administration and management students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #13 on the list. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#14

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida ranked #14 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

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With a ranking of #15, Washington University in St Louis did quite well on this year’s best schools for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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Columbia University in the City of New York ranked #16 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #17, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s best schools for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#18

New York University

New York, NY

New York University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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With a ranking of #19, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s best schools for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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With a ranking of #20, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well on this year’s best schools for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#21

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business administration and management students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #21 on the list. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#22

George Washington University

Washington, DC

With a ranking of #22, George Washington University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #24, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. Pitt is a very large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

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#25

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus ranked #25 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Business Administration & Management students that almost earned our Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
26 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ
27 University of Georgia Athens, GA
28 Rutgers University - Newark Newark, NJ
29 University of Scranton Scranton, PA
30 Creighton University Omaha, NE
31 Ohio State University - Main Campus Columbus, OH
32 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
33 Bentley University Waltham, MA
34 Auburn University Auburn, AL

Business Administration & Management by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 21 majors within the area of study, business administration and management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major Annual Graduates
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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