2025 Best General Business/Commerce Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

General Business/Commerce is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #77 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of general business/commerce. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 98 doctor's degrees in general business/commerce during the 2022-2023 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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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.

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 complete 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

The general business 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 General Business/Commerce Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Business/Commerce in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general business/commerce.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in General Business

1

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in general business/commerce needs to look into 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

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in general business/commerce needs to take a look at University of Maryland - College Park. UMCP is a very large public university located in the suburb of College Park.More information about a doctorate in general business/commerce from University of Maryland - College Park

3

University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in general business/commerce needs to look into University of Maryland Global Campus. UMGC is a very 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

4

The Graduate Center, CUNY
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in general business/commerce has to take a look at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Located in the city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public school with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in general business/commerce from The Graduate Center, CUNY

Best General Business/Commerce Colleges by State

Explore the best general business/commerce schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	366	18
Pennsylvania	311	29
Maryland	190	69

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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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Consulate General Munich. More about our data sources and methodologies.