2024 Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

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.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 21 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 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 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

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, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

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

1

University of Mississippi
University, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Mississippi if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. Ole Miss is a very large public university located in the remote town of University.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from University of Mississippi

2

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Mississippi State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the remote town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Mississippi State University

3

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

University of Southern Mississippi is a great choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from University of Southern Mississippi

4

Jackson State University
Jackson, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Jackson State University is a great choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. Jackson State is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Jackson.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Jackson State University

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	29	160
Virginia	29	246
Georgia	28	62
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	15
Human Resource Management	4
Hospitality 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.