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

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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for business, management & marketing students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 220 doctor's degrees in business, management & marketing during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

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

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

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

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

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

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

1

Trevecca Nazarene University
Nashville, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

29 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing needs to check out Trevecca Nazarene University. TNU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Trevecca Nazarene University

2

East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

East Tennessee State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. ETSU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Johnson City.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from East Tennessee State University

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that 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
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	204
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	15
Hospitality Management	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.