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

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in business, management & marketing, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #9 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 12 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for business, management & marketing students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 539 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. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality 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.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 complete 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 the Southwest Region 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 the Southwest Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing.

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

1

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Texas A&M University - College Station if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Texas A&M University - College Station

2

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tempe.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Arizona State University - Tempe

3

Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing has to check out Grand Canyon University. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Grand Canyon University

4

The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

23 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat The University of Texas at Dallas if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from The University of Texas at Dallas

5

University of Phoenix - Arizona
Phoenix, AZ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

77 Annual Graduates

UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit university located in the large city of Phoenix.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from University of Phoenix - Arizona

6

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Stillwater, OK

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

30 Annual Graduates

OSU is a fairly large public university located in the town of Stillwater.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

7

University of North Texas
Denton, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from University of North Texas

8

Dallas Baptist University
Dallas, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

DBU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Dallas.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Dallas Baptist University

9

American InterContinental University - Online
Chandler, AZ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

99 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Chandler, AIU Online is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from American InterContinental University - Online

10

The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from The University of Texas at Arlington

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	29	203
Arizona	28	215
Oklahoma	26	26
New Mexico	23	8

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	423
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	29
General Business/Commerce	18
Hospitality Management	17
Management Information Systems	16
Human Resource Management	9
Finance & Financial Management	7
Accounting	6
International Business	6
Business/Managerial Economics	3

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.