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

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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.

The Most Popular Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 23 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Business Administration & Management program at each school on the list.

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

#1

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Northcentral University the most popular school in California for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. Northcentral University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

Of the 259 students majoring in business administration at Northcentral University, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles is a great place for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Women make up 60% of the business administration majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alliant International University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Alliant is a small private for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

Women make up 50% of the business administration majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Of the 11 students majoring in business administration at UCLA, 64% are male and 36% are female.

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Out of the 23 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California Intercontinental University landed the # 5 spot on the list. California Intercontinental University is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

About 27% of the students majoring in business administration at the school are women while 73% are male.

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University of Southern California did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business administration and management students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 10 students majoring in business administration at USC, 60% are male and 40% are female.

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#8

Westcliff University

Irvine, CA

Westcliff University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business administration and management students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Irvine, Westcliff University is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 25% of the business administration majors at the school.

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University of California - Berkeley did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business administration and management students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

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University of California - Irvine ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine.

About 50% of the students majoring in business administration at the school are women while 50% are male.

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

Explore all the Most Popular Business Administration & Management Colleges 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 23 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).

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