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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

34 Colleges
$25,532 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

The Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 34 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for business, management and marketing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

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

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

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

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Indiana Tech are $10,026 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Concordia University, Wisconsin helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in the Great Lakes Region . Concordia University, Wisconsin is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Mequon.

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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Concordia University, Chicago. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Concordia University, Chicago graduate students pay an average of $9,378 in tuition and fees each year.

Concordia University, Chicago also claimed a spot on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IWU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Marion.

IWU graduate students pay an average of $10,440 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Anderson University Indiana. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Anderson, Anderson University Indiana is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Anderson University Indiana are $11,503 a year.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.

UW - Madison also claimed a spot on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#7

Franklin University

Columbus, OH

Franklin University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Columbus, Franklin University is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Franklin University graduate students pay an average of $16,080 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, National Louis University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NLU are $12,096 per year.

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University of Wisconsin - Whitewater ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the distant town of Whitewater, UW - Whitewater is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Whitewater are $19,190 per year.

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Lawrence Technological University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Southfield, Lawrence Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lawrence Tech are $18,436 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Lawrence Tech is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 13,721
Indiana 5,487
Ohio 5,612
Wisconsin 2,457
Michigan 5,704

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 26 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar.

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