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2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

27 Colleges
$22,802 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$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 the United States with 18,824 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 27 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for business administration students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Indiana Institute of Technology the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Fort Wayne, Indiana Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Indiana Tech graduate students pay an average of $10,026 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Concordia University, Wisconsin is a great value for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Mequon, Concordia University, Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Wisconsin are $11,760 per year.

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#3

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Out of the 27 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Chicago landed the # 3 spot on the list. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of River Forest.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Concordia University, Chicago also did well on our Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business administration and management schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the rural area of Marion, IWU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IWU are $10,440 per year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global Report

#5

Franklin University

Columbus, OH

Out of the 27 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Franklin University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Franklin University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Columbus.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Franklin University are $16,080 a year.

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National Louis 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 #6 on the list. NLU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NLU are $12,096 a year.

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University of Wisconsin - Whitewater came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UW - Whitewater is a large public school located in the town of Whitewater.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Whitewater are $19,190 a year.

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Lawrence Technological University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Lawrence Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Southfield.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lawrence Tech are $18,436 per year.

Lawrence Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Anderson University Indiana landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree business administration and management programs. Anderson University Indiana is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Anderson.

Anderson University Indiana graduate students pay an average of $11,503 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

DePaul University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at DePaul are $18,341 a year.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges by State

Explore the best business administration and management colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 3,906
Illinois 7,000
Ohio 3,681
Indiana 2,674
Wisconsin 1,563

One of 20 majors within the area of study, business administration and management has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 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.

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