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

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 5 schools in Texas 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 155 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. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality 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.

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

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 colleges 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 Texas list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top Texas Schools for a Doctorate in Business Administration

1

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX

11 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in business administration & management has to take a look at Texas A&M University - College Station. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Texas A&M University - College Station

2

Dallas Baptist University
Dallas, TX

15 Annual Graduates

Dallas Baptist University is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in business administration & management. DBU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Dallas.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Dallas Baptist University

3

The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX

16 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat The University of Texas at Arlington if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in business administration & management. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from The University of Texas at Arlington

4

University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, TX

16 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of the Incarnate Word if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in business administration & management. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UIW is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from University of the Incarnate Word

5

Our Lady of the Lake University
San Antonio, TX

29 Annual Graduates

$97,739 Median Starting Salary

OLLU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of San Antonio.

Doctorate graduates who receive their degree from the business administration program make an average of $97,739 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Our Lady of the Lake University

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Business Administration & Management Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Arizona	119	183
Oklahoma	92	24
New Mexico	59	8

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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	99
Organizational Leadership	56

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	29
General Business/Commerce	18
Hospitality Management	17
Human Resource Management	9
Finance & Financial Management	7
Accounting	6
International Business	6
Management Information Systems	5
Marketing	3
Entrepreneurial Studies	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.