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2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest 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.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 31 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Phoenix - Arizona the most popular school in the Southwest Region for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 166 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UOPX - Arizona, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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Out of the 31 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Our Lady of the Lake University landed the # 2 spot on the list. OLLU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Antonio.

Of the 47 students majoring in business, management and marketing at OLLU, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American InterContinental University - Online. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the rural area of Schaumburg, AIU Online is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 40 students majoring in business, management and marketing at AIU Online, 55% are male and 45% are female.

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#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Grand Canyon University is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Of the 22 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Grand Canyon University, 68% are male and 32% are female.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. OSU is a very large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

About 48% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 52% are male.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of North Texas helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 21 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UNT, 76% are male and 24% are female.

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#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Women make up 59% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Arizona State University - Tempe 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. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Of the 16 students majoring in business, management and marketing at ASU - Tempe, 69% are male and 31% are female.

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The University of Texas at Dallas came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 15 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UT Dallas, 73% are male and 27% are female.

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With a ranking of #10, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

About 54% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 46% 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 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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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