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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

28 Colleges
$21,245 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$82,955 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 862,104 degrees and certificates were awarded to business, management and marketing students, making the major the most popular in the country.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 28 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for business, management and marketing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the business, management and marketing doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named Grand Canyon University the best value school in the Southwest Region for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Grand Canyon University graduate students pay an average of $11,538 in tuition and fees each year.

Grand Canyon University also claimed a spot on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.

UT Austin not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

UOPX - Arizona graduate students pay an average of $16,153 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of North Texas is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $15,600 per year.

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#6

Wayland Baptist University

Plainview, TX

Wayland Baptist University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Wayland Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Plainview.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wayland Baptist University are $15,232 a year.

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Texas A&M University - College Station 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 #7 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Texas A&M College Station is ranked #5 for overall quality for business, management and marketing in the Southwest Region .

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#8

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston 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 #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UH are $18,871 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UH also is in the top 20% of our Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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With a ranking of #9, University of the Incarnate Word did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UIW is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIW are $19,840 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UIW also is in the top 20% of our Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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Hardin - Simmons University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Hardin - Simmons is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Abilene.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Hardin - Simmons are $14,870 a year.

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Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 27,341
Texas 52,072
New Mexico 2,360
Oklahoma 7,959

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.

  • 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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