2025 Best General Business/Commerce Doctor's Degree Schools

If you pursue a doctor's degree in general business/commerce, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #77 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 12 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for general business/commerce students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 232 doctor's degrees in general business/commerce during the <nil> academic year.

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Choosing a Great General Business/Commerce School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of general business/commerce for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality general business program can vary widely even among the top schools. 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 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.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general business/commerce students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general business/commerce students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general business/commerce related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general business/commerce students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Business/Commerce Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Business/Commerce Doctor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Business/Commerce in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general business/commerce.

10 Top Schools for a Doctorate in General Business

1

Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in general business/commerce needs to take a look at Indiana University - Bloomington. IU Bloomington is a very large public university located in the small city of Bloomington.More information about a doctorate in general business/commerce from Indiana University - Bloomington

2

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Madison is a wonderful decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in general business/commerce. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general business/commerce from University of Wisconsin - Madison

3

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in general business/commerce has to take a look at Drexel University. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general business/commerce from Drexel University

4

University of Denver
Denver, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

University of Denver is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in general business/commerce. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in general business/commerce from University of Denver

5

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general business/commerce from Florida State University

6

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general business/commerce from Virginia Tech

7

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

UMCP is a very large public university located in the large suburb of College Park.More information about a doctorate in general business/commerce from University of Maryland - College Park

8

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

KU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Lawrence.More information about a doctorate in general business/commerce from University of Kansas

9

University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Annual Graduates

UMGC is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Adelphi.More information about a doctorate in general business/commerce from University of Maryland Global Campus

10

University of North Texas
Denton, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general business/commerce from University of North Texas

General Business/Commerce by Region

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General Business/Commerce Related Rankings by Major

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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).
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