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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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

With 226,882 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, business, management and marketing is the #2 most popular major in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 65 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs 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, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our analysis found Duke University to be the best school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

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#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

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#3

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Out of the 65 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Emory is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Virginia - Main Campus is a great place 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 college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Management and Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. University of Management and Technology is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Arlington.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 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 #6 on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#8

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

With a ranking of #8, University of Florida did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. UF is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.

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#9

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#10

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

University of Georgia 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 #10 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank College Location
11 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Knoxville, TN
12 Auburn University Auburn, AL
13 University of Miami Coral Gables, FL

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 1,604
Florida 10,641
North Carolina 6,200
Virginia 6,276
Tennessee 3,234
Georgia 4,603
South Carolina 2,077
Louisiana 4,370
West Virginia 1,895
Kentucky 2,845
Arkansas 731
Alabama 4,164

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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