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2023 Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in California

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$79,624 Avg Salary

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

Business Administration & Management is the most popular major in California with 11,809 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in California to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences 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 California

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

Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Los Angeles the best school in California for business administration and management 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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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of California - Berkeley is a great place for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

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Out of the 11 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Irvine helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best business administration and management schools in California. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine.

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Golden Gate University - San Francisco came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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#7

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

Northcentral 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 #7 on the list. Northcentral University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

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

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California Intercontinental 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 #9 on the list. California Intercontinental University is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Business Administration & Management Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 1,503
Oregon 811
Nevada 270
Hawaii 200
Alaska 131

Business Administration & Management is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 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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