2024 Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida

Business Administration & Management is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #10 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 13 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 148 doctor's degrees in business administration & management to qualified students.

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

Your choice of business administration & management for getting your doctor's degree school matters. 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 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.

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 much a school focuses on business administration & management students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other business administration & management 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 administration & management 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 administration & management related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Business Administration & Management Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Business Administration & Management in Florida

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

10 Top Florida Schools for a Doctorate in Business Administration

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

32 Annual Graduates

$152,752 Median Starting Salary

University of Florida is a good decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in business administration & management. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Those business administration & management students who get their doctor's degree from University of Florida earn $58,946 more than the average business administration student.

More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from University of Florida

2

University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL

4 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in business administration & management needs to look into University of Miami. Located in the small city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from University of Miami

3

Florida International University
Miami, FL

13 Annual Graduates

Florida International University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in business administration & management. FIU is a very large public university located in the suburb of Miami.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Florida International University

4

University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, FL

28 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of South Florida - Main Campus if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in business administration & management. USF Tampa is a very large public university located in the large city of Tampa.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from University of South Florida - Main Campus

5

Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL

2 Annual Graduates

Florida Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Melbourne.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Florida Institute of Technology

6

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

4 Annual Graduates

UCF is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Orlando.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from University of Central Florida

7

Southeastern University
Lakeland, FL

SEU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Lakeland.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Southeastern University

8

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, FL

10 Annual Graduates

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Fort Lauderdale.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

9

Jacksonville University
Jacksonville, FL

11 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Jacksonville, JU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in business administration & management from Jacksonville University

10

Saint Leo University
Saint Leo, FL

21 Annual Graduates

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

 

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Business Administration & Management Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Virginia	127	134
Georgia	126	30
North Carolina	115	59
Mississippi	113	15
Louisiana	103	23
Tennessee	102	157
Alabama	98	56
South Carolina	91	37
Kentucky	87	93
Arkansas	58	13
West Virginia	49	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Business Administration

Business Administration & Management is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

Business Administration Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	140
Organizational Leadership	5
Interior Design Management	3

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business/Managerial Economics	6
General Business/Commerce	3
Hospitality Management	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). More about our data sources and methodologies.