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2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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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.

The Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 31 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Business, Management & Marketing program at each school on the list.

Check out the business, management and marketing doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Phoenix - Arizona the most popular school in the Southwest Region for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 54% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Our Lady of the Lake University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in the Southwest Region . OLLU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Antonio.

Women make up 62% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means American InterContinental University - Online is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the rural area of Schaumburg, AIU Online is a private for-profit college with a large student population.

Women make up 45% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Grand Canyon University is a great place 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 very large student population.

Women make up 32% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of North Texas helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 24% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in the Southwest Region . OSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

Of the 21 students majoring in business, management and marketing at OSU, 52% are male and 48% are female.

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#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

About 59% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 41% are male.

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Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business, management and marketing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Women make up 31% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business, management and marketing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 27% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

Of the 13 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UT Arlington, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

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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 26 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.

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