by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 22 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for business administration & management students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,377 doctor's degrees in business administration & management to qualified students.
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Your choice of business administration & management for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for business administration & management students working on their doctor's degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in business administration & management.
University of Georgia is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in business administration & management. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from University of Georgia
It is hard to beat Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in business administration & management. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
It is difficult to beat Liberty University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in business administration & management. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Liberty University
It's difficult to beat University of Florida if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in business administration & management. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from University of Florida
Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from University of Arkansas
USF Tampa is a very large public university located in the city of Tampa.
Doctorate recipients from the business administration & management major at University of South Florida - Main Campus earn $36,140 more than the average college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from University of South Florida - Main Campus
Located in the fringe town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Columbia Southern University
FIU is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Miami.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Florida International University
Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Old Dominion University
Explore the best business administration & management schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .
| State | Colleges | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 138 | 148 |
| Virginia | 127 | 134 |
| Georgia | 126 | 30 |
| North Carolina | 115 | 59 |
| Mississippi | 113 | 15 |
| Louisiana | 103 | 23 |
| Tennessee | 102 | 157 |
| Alabama | 98 | 56 |
| South Carolina | 91 | 37 |
| Kentucky | 87 | 93 |
| Arkansas | 58 | 13 |
| West Virginia | 49 | 1 |
Business Administration & Management is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Business Administration and Management | 620 |
| Organizational Leadership | 569 |
| Interior Design Management | 188 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Human Resource Management | 105 |
| General Business/Commerce | 59 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 46 |
| Other Business, Management & Marketing | 35 |
| Hospitality Management | 14 |
| Accounting | 8 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 4 |
| Management Information Systems | 3 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 2 |
| Marketing | 2 |
