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

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Business/Commerce Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 59 doctor's degrees in general business/commerce to qualified students.

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

The general business doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

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 consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general business/commerce students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general business/commerce students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• 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.
• 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 schools for general business/commerce students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Business/Commerce Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in General Business

1

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in general business/commerce has to check out Florida State University. Florida State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee.More information about a doctorate in general business/commerce from Florida State University

2

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Virginia Tech is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general business/commerce. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.More information about a doctorate in general business/commerce from Virginia Tech

3

Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Georgia State University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in general business/commerce. Georgia State is a very large public university located in the large city of Atlanta.More information about a doctorate in general business/commerce from Georgia State University

Best General Business/Commerce Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	3
Georgia	190	26
Virginia	182	9
Louisiana	146	5
Kentucky	119	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Business

One of 0 majors within the General Business/Commerce area of study, General Business/Commerce has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.