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

Business, Management & Marketing is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #9 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Kansas to determine which ones were the best for business, management & marketing students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 10 doctor's degrees in business, management & marketing during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 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.

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 Kansas.

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

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for business, management & marketing students seeking a a doctor's degree.

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

1

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

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

2

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 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

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

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

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

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Finance & Financial Management	7
General Business/Commerce	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.