2025 Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you pursue a doctor's degree in business administration & management, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #10 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 10 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 292 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. 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 take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 complete 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

The business administration school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Business Administration & Management in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in business administration & management.

10 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in Business Administration

1

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

24 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in business administration & management has to take a look at Temple University. Temple is a very large public university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Temple University

2

Fordham University
Bronx, NY

11 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Fordham University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in business administration & management. Fordham U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Bronx.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Fordham University

3

Rutgers University - Newark
Newark, NJ

37 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Rutgers University - Newark if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in business administration & management. Rutgers Newark is a large public university located in the large city of Newark.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Rutgers University - Newark

4

University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

10 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in business administration & management needs to look into University of Rochester. University of Rochester is a large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Rochester.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from University of Rochester

5

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

11 Annual Graduates

Pitt is a very large public university located in the city of Pittsburgh.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

6

Wilmington University
New Castle, DE

33 Annual Graduates

Wilmington University is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of New Castle.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Wilmington University

7

St. John Fisher College
Rochester, NY

35 Annual Graduates

$107,064 Median Starting Salary

Fisher is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Rochester.

After graduation, business administration doctorate recipients generally earn around $107,064 in their early careers.

More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from St. John Fisher College

8

Thomas Edison State University
Trenton, NJ

20 Annual Graduates

TESU is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Trenton.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Thomas Edison State University

9

Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA

11 Annual Graduates

Thomas Jefferson University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Thomas Jefferson University

10

Eastern University
Saint Davids, PA

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Saint Davids, EU is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Eastern University

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges by State

Explore the best business administration & management schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	98
New York	174	93
Maryland	119	8
New Jersey	115	26
District of Columbia	81	7
Delaware	53	40

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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
General Business Administration and Management	188
Organizational Leadership	100
Supply Chain Management	2
Project Management	1
Interior Design Management	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Business/Commerce	98
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	82
Human Resource Management	30
Accounting	14
Finance & Financial Management	8
Hospitality Management	8
General Sales & Marketing	3
Other Business, Management & Marketing	2
Construction 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.