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2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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$82,955 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 226,882 business, management and marketing students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 38 schools in the Far Western US Region 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, Management & Marketing program at each school on the list.

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

#1

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Northcentral University the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of San Diego, Northcentral University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 51% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 49% are male.

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#3

Fielding Graduate University

Santa Barbara, CA

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Fielding Graduate University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Santa Barbara, Fielding is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 55% of the business, management and marketing 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, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of San Diego, Alliant is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

About 63% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 37% are male.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at California Intercontinental University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Irvine, California Intercontinental University is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Of the 26 students majoring in business, management and marketing at California Intercontinental University, 81% are male and 19% are female.

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#6

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

Women make up 38% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business, management and marketing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 60% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 40% are male.

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Washington State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 23% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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

Women make up 46% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#10

George Fox University

Newberg, OR

George Fox University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the fringe town of Newberg, GFU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 25% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 75% are male.

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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 Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 19,312
Washington 2,309
Oregon 1,256
Nevada 409
Hawaii 241
Alaska 135

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 27 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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