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

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$82,955 Avg Salary

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.

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 in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 28 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs 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 Southwest Region

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

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

#1

Rice University

Houston, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Rice University the best school in the Southwest Region for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Baylor University

Waco, TX

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Baylor University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the Southwest Region . Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waco.

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Out of the 28 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 5 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Oklahoma Norman 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 suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a very large student population.

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#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

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#8

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Phoenix - Arizona ranked #9 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#10

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston ranked #10 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 7,884
Texas 16,152
Oklahoma 1,823
New Mexico 514

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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