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

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for general business administration and management students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 187 doctor's degrees in general business administration and management during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great General Business Administration and Management School for Your Doctor's Degree

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good 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.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general business administration and management students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general business administration and management students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• 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.

More Ways to Rank General Business Administration and Management Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Business Administration and Management Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for general business administration and management students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Virginia Schools for a Doctorate in Business Administration

1

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

117 Annual Graduates

Liberty University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general business administration and management. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general business administration and management from Liberty University

2

Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Old Dominion University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general business administration and management. Located in the city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general business administration and management from Old Dominion University

3

University of Management and Technology
Arlington, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

59 Annual Graduates

University of Management and Technology is a great choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in general business administration and management. Located in the city of Arlington, University of Management and Technology is a private for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in general business administration and management from University of Management and Technology

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.

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Rankings in Majors Related to Business Administration

General Business Administration and Management is one of 16 different types of Business Administration & Management programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Business Administration

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.