2025 Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States 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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 545 doctor's degrees in business administration & management to qualified students.

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 different 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 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 the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Business Administration & Management in the Plains States Region

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

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Business Administration

1

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

15 Annual Graduates

Washington University in St Louis is a good choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in business administration & management. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Washington University in St Louis

2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

34 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in business administration & management has to look into University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public university located in the city of Minneapolis.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

3

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

12 Annual Graduates

Iowa State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in business administration & management. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Ames.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Iowa State University

4

Bellevue University
Bellevue, NE

17 Annual Graduates

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

5

University of Missouri - St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

13 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, UMSL is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from University of Missouri - St Louis

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges by State

Explore the best business administration & management schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	122	27
Minnesota	120	466
Iowa	110	17
Nebraska	70	17
North Dakota	68	6

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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	432
Interior Design Management	54
Organizational Leadership	44
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	7
Project Management	5
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	3

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Human Resource Management	33
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	27
General Business/Commerce	14
Finance & Financial Management	8
Accounting	7
Management Information Systems	7
International Business	6
Hospitality Management	5
Other Business, Management & Marketing	4
Marketing	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.