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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools

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

In 2020-2021, 226,882 business, management and marketing students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 231 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for business, management and marketing majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 25 Top Schools for a Doctorate in Business, Management & Marketing

Our analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the best school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#2

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Stanford University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#3

Duke University

Durham, NC

Out of the 231 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

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#4

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Out of the 231 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#5

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Out of the 231 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.

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#6

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

With a ranking of #6, Cornell University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.

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#7

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University 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. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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#8

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Emory University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Emory is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Mellon University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#11

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Yale University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of New Haven.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #12 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

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With a ranking of #13, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#14

Rice University

Houston, TX

Rice University landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

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University of Management and Technology landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. University of Management and Technology is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Arlington.

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University of California - Berkeley landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

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#18

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

With a ranking of #18, University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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With a ranking of #19, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#20

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida landed the #20 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

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#21

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

Boston College came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#22

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

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Washington University in St Louis came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Southern California ranked #24 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #25 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

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Rest of the Top Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools

#26

George Washington University

Washington, DC
#30

The Graduate Center, CUNY

New York, NY
#32

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI
#33

New York University

New York, NY

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Business, Management & Marketing students that almost earned our Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
35 University of Delaware Newark, DE
36 Purdue University - Main Campus West Lafayette, IN
37 University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA
38 Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX
39 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS
40 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ
41 University of Georgia Athens, GA
42 Rutgers University - Newark Newark, NJ
43 University of Scranton Scranton, PA
44 Creighton University Omaha, NE
45 Ohio State University - Main Campus Columbus, OH
46 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA

Business, Management & Marketing by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784
Marketing 4,011
Management Information Systems 2,766
International Business 2,007
Entrepreneurial Studies 1,823
Taxation 1,350
Hospitality Management 1,341
Real Estate 1,280
Other Business, Management & Marketing 1,073
General Sales & Marketing 537
Construction Management 466
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 180
Business/Managerial Economics 162
Insurance 143
Business/Corporate Communications 117
Telecommunications Management 23

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar.

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