2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #9 out of 36 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 28 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for business, management & marketing students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,656 doctor's degrees in business, management & marketing to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

Your choice of business, management & marketing for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality business, management & marketing 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

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

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 business, management & marketing students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of business, management & marketing 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, management & marketing 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, management & marketing related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Business, Management & Marketing Schools

The business, management & marketing 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 Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Business, Management & Marketing in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing.

10 Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Business, Management & Marketing

1

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

University of Georgia is a great option for students interested in a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Athens.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from University of Georgia

2

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

3

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

223 Annual Graduates

Liberty University is a great decision for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Lynchburg.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Liberty University

4

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

39 Annual Graduates

University of Florida is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. UF is a fairly large public university located in the city of Gainesville.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from University of Florida

5

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

UARK is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Fayetteville.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from University of Arkansas

6

University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

27 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from University of South Florida - Main Campus

7

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

UT Knoxville is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Knoxville.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

8

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Florida State is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Tallahassee.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Florida State University

9

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Virginia Tech

10

Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Annual Graduates

Columbia Southern University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the town of Orange Beach.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Columbia Southern University

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management & marketing colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	29	160
Virginia	29	246
Georgia	28	62
Mississippi	28	21
South Carolina	28	39
North Carolina	26	67
Kentucky	26	97
Alabama	25	68
Tennessee	25	173
Louisiana	25	35
Arkansas	23	13
West Virginia	20	37

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	1,377
Human Resource Management	105
General Business/Commerce	59
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	46
Other Business, Management & Marketing	35
Hospitality Management	14
Accounting	8
Business/Managerial Economics	4
Management Information Systems	3
Finance & Financial Management	2

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.