2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio

Business, Management & Marketing is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #9 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 181 doctor's degrees in business, management & marketing to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Business, Management & Marketing School for Your Doctor's Degree

The business, management & marketing 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

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.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 business, management & marketing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other business, management & marketing 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, management & marketing 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, management & marketing related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for business, management & marketing students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Business, Management & Marketing in Ohio

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for business, management & marketing students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Ohio Schools for a Doctorate in Business, Management & Marketing

1

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Ohio State University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. Ohio State is a very large public university located in the large city of Columbus.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Ohio State University - Main Campus

2

University of Dayton
Dayton, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

72 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing needs to take a look at University of Dayton. UDayton is a large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Dayton.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from University of Dayton

3

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing has to take a look at Kent State University at Kent. Kent State is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Kent.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Kent State University at Kent

4

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus
Bowling Green, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. BGSU is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Bowling Green.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Bowling Green State University - Main Campus

5

Franklin University
Columbus, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Franklin University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Columbus.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Franklin University

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Indiana	29	39
Michigan	29	22
Illinois	29	167
Wisconsin	27	64

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	174
Human Resource Management	3
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	3
Accounting	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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar. More about our data sources and methodologies.