2025 Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Ranked #10 in popularity, business administration & management is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 81 doctor's degrees in business administration & management to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 business administration & management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of business administration & management students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt business administration & management students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business administration & management related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for business administration & 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 Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Business Administration & Management in North Carolina

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for business administration & management students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top North Carolina Schools for a Doctorate in Business Administration

1

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

20 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in business administration & management needs to look into University of North Carolina at Charlotte. UNC Charlotte is a very large public university located in the large city of Charlotte.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from University of North Carolina at Charlotte

2

Gardner - Webb University
Boiling Springs, NC

27 Annual Graduates

$76,129 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Gardner - Webb University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in business administration & management. Located in the rural area of Boiling Springs, Gardner - Webb is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

After graduation, business administration doctorate recipients usually earn an average of $76,129 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Gardner - Webb University

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Business Administration & Management Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	148
Virginia	127	134
Georgia	126	30
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

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Business Administration & Management Related Rankings by Major

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Business Administration & Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Business Administration Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Organizational Leadership	52
General Business Administration and Management	29

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	17
Management Information Systems	3
Business/Managerial Economics	1

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.