2025 Best Organizational Leadership Doctor's Degree Schools

If you pursue a doctor's degree in organizational leadership, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #35 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 22 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Organizational Leadership Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,126 doctor's degrees in organizational leadership during the <nil> academic year.

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Choosing a Great Organizational Leadership School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of organizational leadership 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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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 consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various 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 organizational leadership students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of organizational leadership 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized organizational leadership related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for organizational leadership students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Organizational Leadership Schools

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 Organizational Leadership Doctor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Organizational Leadership in the United States

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for organizational leadership students seeking a a doctor's degree.

10 Top Schools for a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership

1

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

106 Annual Graduates

Liberty University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in organizational leadership. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Lynchburg.More information about a doctorate in organizational leadership from Liberty University

2

Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global
Marion, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in organizational leadership needs to look into Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global. IWU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Marion.More information about a doctorate in organizational leadership from Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global

3

University of Dayton
Dayton, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

72 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Dayton if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in organizational leadership. Located in the medium-sized city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in organizational leadership from University of Dayton

4

Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Gonzaga University is a good choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in organizational leadership. Gonzaga is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Spokane.More information about a doctorate in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University

5

Indiana Institute of Technology
Fort Wayne, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in organizational leadership from Indiana Institute of Technology

6

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in organizational leadership from Kent State University at Kent

7

Concordia University, Wisconsin
Mequon, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

29 Annual Graduates

Concordia University, Wisconsin is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Mequon.More information about a doctorate in organizational leadership from Concordia University, Wisconsin

8

University of Phoenix - Arizona
Phoenix, AZ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

45 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Phoenix, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in organizational leadership from University of Phoenix - Arizona

9

Concordia University, Chicago
River Forest, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in organizational leadership from Concordia University, Chicago

10

California Baptist University
Riverside, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Cal Baptist is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Riverside.More information about a doctorate in organizational leadership from California Baptist University

Organizational Leadership by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Organizational Leadership Related Rankings by Major

Organizational Leadership is one of 16 different types of Business Administration & Management programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Organizational Leadership

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	2,208
Interior Design Management	249
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	7
Project Management	6
Supply Chain Management	4
Operations Management	3
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	3

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.