2025 Best General Business Administration and Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for general business administration and management students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 432 doctor's degrees in general business administration and management to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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 colleges for general business administration and management students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Business Administration and Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Business Administration and Management in the Plains States Region

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 Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Business Administration

1

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Washington University in St Louis is a great option for students interested in a doctor's degree in general business administration and management. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.More information about a doctorate in general business administration and management from Washington University in St Louis

2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

31 Annual Graduates

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a good choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in general business administration and management. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis.More information about a doctorate in general business administration and management from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

3

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Iowa State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general business administration and management. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ames.More information about a doctorate in general business administration and management from Iowa State University

4

Bellevue University
Bellevue, NE

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Bellevue 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 large suburb of Bellevue, Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general business administration and management from Bellevue University

5

University of Missouri - St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, UMSL is a public university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in general business administration and management from University of Missouri - St Louis

Best General Business Administration and Management Colleges by State

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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.

Majors Similar 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.