2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States 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.

College Factual reviewed 6 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of business, management & marketing. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 657 doctor's degrees in business, management & marketing during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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 take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different 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 schools 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 Plains States Region.

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

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

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Business, Management & Marketing

1

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

30 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Washington University in St Louis if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Washington University in St Louis

2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

34 Annual Graduates

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the city of Minneapolis.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

3

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Iowa State University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. Iowa State is a very large public university located in the small city of Ames.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Iowa State University

4

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Kansas if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from University of Kansas

5

Bellevue University
Bellevue, NE

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

32 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Bellevue, Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Bellevue University

6

University of Missouri - St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, UMSL is a public university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from University of Missouri - St Louis

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management & marketing schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	27	505
Missouri	27	33
Kansas	26	10
Iowa	26	21
Nebraska	24	34
North Dakota	21	7

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	545
Human Resource Management	33
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	27
General Business/Commerce	14
Finance & Financial Management	8
Accounting	7
Management Information Systems	7
International Business	6
Hospitality Management	5
Other Business, Management & Marketing	4

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.