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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools

231 Colleges
$82,955 Avg Salary

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

Business, Management & Marketing is the most popular major in the United States with 862,104 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 231 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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

Check out the business, management and marketing doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 25 Top Schools for a Doctorate in Business, Management & Marketing

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the United States for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Out of the 231 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Duke University

Durham, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

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#4

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#5

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

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

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Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Cornell University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.

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#7

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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#8

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

With a ranking of #8, Emory University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very large student population.

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#10

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Mellon University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#11

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Yale University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of New Haven.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

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With a ranking of #13, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. UCLA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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#14

Rice University

Houston, TX

Rice University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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University of Management and Technology landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. 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 landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. 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 ranked #17 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

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#18

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

With a ranking of #18, University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #19 on the list. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

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#20

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #20 on the list. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

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#21

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

With a ranking of #21, Boston College did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#22

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #22 on the list. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

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Washington University in St Louis ranked #23 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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University of Southern California ranked #24 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools list. 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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University of Wisconsin - Madison came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.

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Rest of the Top Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools

#26

George Washington University

Washington, DC
#30

The Graduate Center, CUNY

New York, NY
#32

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI
#33

New York University

New York, NY

Honorable Mentions

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

Rank College Location
35 University of Delaware Newark, DE
36 Purdue University - Main Campus West Lafayette, IN
37 University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA
38 Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX
39 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS
40 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ
41 University of Georgia Athens, GA
42 Rutgers University - Newark Newark, NJ
43 University of Scranton Scranton, PA
44 Creighton University Omaha, NE
45 Ohio State University - Main Campus Columbus, OH
46 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA

Business, Management & Marketing by Region

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

Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382
Human Resource Management 28,787
Business Support & Assistant Services 19,119
Hospitality Management 17,689
Management Information Systems 13,680
Entrepreneurial Studies 11,319
International Business 9,101
Real Estate 6,547
General Sales & Marketing 5,923
Business/Managerial Economics 5,667
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 5,191
Other Business, Management & Marketing 4,822
Construction Management 3,846
Insurance 1,809
Taxation 1,547
Business/Corporate Communications 1,029
Telecommunications Management 55

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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