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

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.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Iowa to determine which ones were the best for business, management & marketing students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 21 doctor's degrees in business, management & marketing to qualified students.

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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

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 full 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 Iowa list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

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

1

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Iowa State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in business, management & marketing from Iowa State University

2

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

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

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	17
Hospitality Management	3
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	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.