2025 Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana

Ranked #10 in popularity, business administration & management is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Indiana 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 116 doctor's degrees in business administration & management during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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

Your choice of business administration & management 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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

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.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 business administration & management students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other business administration & management students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for business administration & management to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• 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 schools for business administration & management students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Business Administration & 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 Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Business Administration & Management in Indiana

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for business administration & management students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Indiana Schools for a Doctorate in Business Administration

1

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

13 Annual Graduates

Purdue University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in business administration & management. Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the city of West Lafayette.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Purdue University - Main Campus

2

Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global
Marion, IN

83 Annual Graduates

Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in business administration & management. Located in the rural area of Marion, IWU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global

3

Indiana Institute of Technology
Fort Wayne, IN

10 Annual Graduates

$142,056 Median Starting Salary

Indiana Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in business administration & management. Indiana Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Wayne.

Doctorate graduates who receive their degree from the business administration program make around $142,056 for their early career.

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

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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Rankings in Majors Related to Business Administration

Business Administration & Management is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

Business Administration Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	72
Organizational Leadership	44

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Business/Commerce	10
Accounting	6
Hospitality Management	6
Finance & Financial Management	1

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.