2025 Best General Business Administration and Management Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama

If you pursue a doctor's degree in general business administration and management, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #16 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Business Administration and Management Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 64 doctor's degrees in general business administration and management during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general business administration and management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general business administration and management students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general business administration and management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general business administration and management students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The business administration school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Business Administration and Management Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Business Administration and Management in Alabama

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general business administration and management.

Top Alabama Schools for a Doctorate in Business Administration

1

Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Annual Graduates

Columbia Southern University is a great choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in general business administration and management. Columbia Southern University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the town of Orange Beach.More information about a doctorate in general business administration and management from Columbia Southern University

2

University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

University of South Alabama is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in general business administration and management. Located in the medium-sized city of Mobile, USA is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general business administration and management from University of South Alabama

Best General Business Administration and Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best General Business Administration and Management Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	140
North Carolina	190	39
Georgia	190	28
Virginia	182	113
Mississippi	154	15
Tennessee	150	7
Louisiana	146	10
South Carolina	135	11
Kentucky	119	23
Arkansas	74	13
West Virginia	61	1

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General Business Administration and Management Related Rankings by Major

One of 16 majors within the Business Administration & Management area of study, General Business Administration and Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.