2025 Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Business Administration & Management is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #10 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 12 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of business administration & management. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 418 doctor's degrees in business administration & management during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

The business administration doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality business administration program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

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 college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for business administration & 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 Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Business Administration & Management in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in business administration & management.

10 Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Business Administration

1

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

15 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in business administration & management needs to check out Ohio State University - Main Campus. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Ohio State University - Main Campus

2

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

13 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Purdue University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in business administration & management. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Purdue University - Main Campus

3

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

11 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Case Western Reserve University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in business administration & management. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Case Western Reserve University

4

Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global
Marion, IN

83 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in business administration & management. IWU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Marion.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global

5

University of Dayton
Dayton, OH

72 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from University of Dayton

6

Indiana Institute of Technology
Fort Wayne, IN

10 Annual Graduates

$142,056 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Doctorate recipients from the business administration & management major at Indiana Institute of Technology get $18,762 more than the standard graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Indiana Institute of Technology

7

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH

16 Annual Graduates

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

8

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus
Bowling Green, OH

12 Annual Graduates

Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Bowling Green State University - Main Campus

9

Concordia University, Wisconsin
Mequon, WI

29 Annual Graduates

Concordia University, Wisconsin is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Mequon.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Concordia University, Wisconsin

10

Concordia University, Chicago
River Forest, IL

27 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 business administration & management from Concordia University, Chicago

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges by State

Explore the best business administration & management colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	103
Michigan	149	19
Ohio	144	78
Indiana	132	25
Wisconsin	108	45

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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	226
General Business Administration and Management	187
Operations Management	3
Supply Chain Management	2

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	38
General Business/Commerce	28
Human Resource Management	28
Accounting	10
Hospitality Management	6
Finance & Financial Management	5
Marketing	3
Management Information Systems	2

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.