2025 Best General Business/Commerce Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
2Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
28Doctor's Degrees
General Business/Commerce is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #77 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Business/Commerce Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 28 doctor's degrees in general business/commerce to qualified students.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general business/commerce students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other general business/commerce 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/commerce related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general business/commerce students working on their doctor's degree.
The general business 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/Commerce Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Business/Commerce in the Great Lakes Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general business/commerce.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in General Business
One of 0 majors within the General Business/Commerce area of study, General Business/Commerce 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).