2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 416,590 business administration and management students received a degree or certificate, 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 52 schools in the Southeast Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for business administration students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Management and Technology the best value school in the Southeast Region for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. University of Management and Technology is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Arlington.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Management and Technology are $7,110 per year.
University of Management and Technology also made our Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #1.
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Out of the 52 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia Southern University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the fringe town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia Southern University are $4,035 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of the Cumberlands. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Cumberlands is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Williamsburg.
Cumberlands graduate students pay an average of $4,582 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Liberty University is a great value for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 a year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Gardner - Webb University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business administration and management schools in the Southeast Region . Gardner - Webb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Boiling Springs.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Gardner - Webb are $10,130 per year.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Lynchburg did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Lynchburg is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lynchburg are $11,759 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Lynchburg is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 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 #7 on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,858 a year.
UNC Chapel Hill excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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University of Virginia - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Virginia are $33,520 per year.
University of Virginia not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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Hampton University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Hampton is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Hampton.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Hampton are $13,134 per year.
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With a ranking of #10, University of Florida did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. UF is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UF are $30,130 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UF also did well on our Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Request InformationBest Business Administration & Management Colleges by State
Explore the best business administration and management schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 7,852 |
| Virginia | 11,308 |
| North Carolina | 10,472 |
| Florida | 18,071 |
| Tennessee | 6,169 |
| Kentucky | 2,692 |
| South Carolina | 4,017 |
| Louisiana | 5,195 |
| Arkansas | 2,031 |
| Alabama | 7,031 |
| Mississippi | 2,589 |
| West Virginia | 4,631 |
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Majors Related to Business Administration
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.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.