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159 Best Business Doctoral Degree Programs for 2024

Discover the leading Business Doctoral Degree programs for 2024. Our list of 159 courses is tailored to help you excel in your chosen field with WeUni.

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DBA

EU Business School

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Switzerland

Business Administration

Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA)

EU’s highly competitive DBA program is designed to be challenging, rigorous and stimulating and to increase managerial, leadership and academic competencies. The program develops students’ independent and critical thinking skills, which enables them to master a specific field within business. Students hone their research and analytical skills by completing an original, expert-level research project. Students may enroll throughout the academic year. 

English

1 Year

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Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) in Strategic Management

United States University (USU)

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Online

United States of America (USA)

Business, Management

Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA)

The USU DBA program is designed to prepare professionals to practice in their chosen career. This doctorate is considered a practice doctorate rather than a research doctorate. The DBA program offers students opportunities to develop competencies needed for various roles in advanced practice, leadership, and policy. The objective is to develop scholar practitioners to lead organizations. The program has a strategic management concentration for all students.

English

2 Years

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EDBA

Rollins Crummer Graduate School of Business

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United States of America (USA)

Business Administration, Management, Organizational Leadership

Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA)

The Executive Doctorate in Business Administration (EDBA) is a professional doctoral program for executives who have a master’s degree in business or related advanced degree.

English

3 Years

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Ph.D. in Logistics & Supply Chain Management

Georgia Southern University, Department of Logistics & Supply Chain Management

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United States of America (USA)

Business, Management, Supply Chain Management

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

The objective of the Ph.D. in Logistics and Supply Chain Management is to develop scholars who generate and disseminate new knowledge by conducting high-quality research and teach at the university level. The Ph.D. program is delivered via traditional coursework and other research initiatives with faculty in the Parker College of Business.

English

4 Years

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Executive Doctorate in Business Administration

Rollins College and the Crummer Graduate School of Business

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United States of America (USA)

Business, Business and Economics, Business Administration, Management

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

The first AACSB-accredited degree of its kind in Florida, Crummer’s Executive Doctorate in Business Administration is designed for executives who have an MBA or equivalent degree who want to become thought leaders and contribute to organizational success at a significantly higher level than that afforded by the MBA. The Executive Doctorate in Business Administration (EDBA) experience provides you with an impetus for career advancement and a springboard for personal and professional change. Taught by top professors with real-world experience, courses follow the “engaged scholarship” model that focuses on topics at the intersection of theory and contemporary business practice – class sessions are always mindful of how the learning can be immediately applied.

Doctor of Business Administration

University of Northern Virginia

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United States of America (USA)

Business, Business Administration, Management

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

Rapid changes in technology; enhanced global competition; the development of innovative structures in society, business, and government; and an ever more complex workforce all require successful leaders of business to possess sophisticated new perspectives and skills as well as heightened levels of knowledge. As a result, contemporary business and industry executives are turning increasingly to academic institutions for new paradigms to secure success today, to recruit the best possible leadership for the future, and to guide growth and development wisely.

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

Aston American University

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United States of America (USA)

Business, Business Administration, Management

Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA)

The program will guide students through the various parts of the DBA program. As students progress through the program, the first step is to submit a research proposal, which students will present to the Dissertation Committee. The committee will give the approval to proceed or give necessary feedback in order to make appropriate adjustments. Students will be cooperating with an academic mentor who will supervise, provide guidance, and help with the process. Every six months, students will have an in-depth online meeting with their academic mentor. The dissertation is an essential aspect of the DBA program, and every candidate for the DBA program must prepare and submit a dissertation. It is a formal written document that represents sustained research or the investigation in an important intellectual issue. The dissertation must be an independent effort, which contributes to the field in which it is written. All dissertations must meet rigorous academic standards and be professionally prepared in a format suitable for reproduction and written in English. The standard format and style reference guide for all academic writing for Aston American University is the APA Formatting 6th Edition. This handbook should be consulted to determine the format, style, reference citation criteria, and standard conventions for writing all reports, papers, theses, and dissertations.

Ph.D. in Public Affairs

University of Colorado South Denver

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United States of America (USA)

Political Science, Public Administration

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

This program emphasizes public administration scholarship, public policy, public management, and criminal justice/criminology in preparation for positions in academia and consulting firms, public management and administration, public policy analysis, politics and advocacy, and nonprofits.

Ph.D. in Innovative Urban Leadership

Bakke Graduate University

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Online

United States of America (USA)

Urban Planning, Public Administration, Organizational Leadership

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

This Ph.D. program aims to equip leaders at the highest levels as scholar-practitioners. Thus equipped, they combine the ability to think critically, research thoroughly, and analyze correctly with the skills to solve problems practically.

Ph.D. Human Resource Development

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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United States of America (USA)

Education, Business, Organizational Leadership

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

Study knowledge and the applied processes used to improve workplace performance and individual learning in organizations. Human resource development careers are available nationally and internationally in a range of business sectors, including manufacturing, financial services, health care, and higher education.

Applied Economics

University of Pennsylvania

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United States of America (USA)

Economics, Business, Finance

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

Wharton’s Ph.D. program in Applied Economics gives students the tools and training to get jobs in business schools, public policy programs, and applied-oriented economics departments. Drawing on a large faculty of applied economists across multiple Wharton departments and the Law School, the program allows specialization in a number of areas.

Doctor of Executive Leadership

University of Charleston School of Business and Leadership

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United States of America (USA)

Business Administration, Management, Organizational Leadership

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

This program is for those seeking to maximize their executive value to organizations, communities, and institutions. The Doctor of Executive Leadership (DEL) program aims to educate the next generation of senior-level leaders as scholars and practitioners who can integrate theory and practice into the discipline of leadership.

Ph.D. in Public Affairs

University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs

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United States of America (USA)

Political Science, Public Administration

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Public Affairs offers rigorous, an advanced study that prepares researchers to enter academia or join highly respected institutions involved in cutting-edge research in public affairs, policy, planning, and management/governance.

Ph.D. in Accountancy

University of Missouri Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business

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United States of America (USA)

Business, Business Administration, Accounting

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

Consistently ranked in the top 20 by Public Accounting Report, Missouri's Ph.D. program offers exceptional faculty and doctoral education. The purpose of our Ph.D. program is to train and prepare students for an academic career at institutions having teaching and research missions in a four-year program.

Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning

University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design

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United States of America (USA)

Architecture, Urban Planning, Public Administration

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

The University of Pennsylvania is an intellectually stimulating environment in which to study today’s metropolitan challenges. To develop responses, our Ph.D. students have easy access to a broad, multi-disciplinary faculty and all the resources of a first-rate urban research university.

Doctor of Ministry in Strategic Leadership

Corban University

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United States of America (USA)

Theology and Religious Studies, Organizational Leadership

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

The Doctor of Ministry in Strategic Leadership will help you develop a deeper understanding of biblical leadership and expand your capacity as a leader. Building on the foundation of a master’s degree and your vocational ministry experience, the program provides advanced study in personal and ministry formation.

PhD Transportation and Logistics

North Dakota State University

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United States of America (USA)

Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

The Department of Transportation, Logistics, and Finance offers a Ph.D. degree in Transportation and Logistics. The degree is awarded through the College of Business in collaboration with the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute. The program takes an interdisciplinary approach to transportation and supply chain and attracts students with backgrounds in supply chain management, transportation, agribusiness, applied economics, civil engineering, construction management, emergency management, finance, geosciences, and industrial/manufacturing engineering.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Global Leadership

Richfield University

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Online

United States of America (USA)

Business Administration, Management, Public Administration, Organizational Leadership

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

The Doctor of Philosophy in Global Leadership (Ph.D.) at Richfield College is a research-centered graduate study and degree program focused on the issues that have shaped our global community and its

DBA

Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management

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United States of America (USA)

Business Administration, Management, Organizational Leadership

Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA)

Business leadership is increasingly required to integrate multiple sources of knowledge, understand the perceptions of diverse parties and put human values into action. Executives are challenged to create social, intellectual and economic value for their organizations and for society at large based on rigorous and sound evidence. Recognizing these challenges, the Weatherhead School of Management offers...

English

3 Years

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Doctor of Business Administration

Oikos University

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United States of America (USA)

Business, Business Administration, Management

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program at Oikos University adds a rigorous theoretical foundation to practical concepts in business education to offer opportunities for career advancement to professionals who require a combination of knowledge and skills in the field of Business Administration. The emphasis of the DBA program is to provide an interdisciplinary doctoral curriculum that integrates traditional graduate core subjects with applied skills-intensive seminar courses. This is a unique educational experience that equips graduates with a more complex set of managerial skills and advanced organizational knowledge. The participants in the Oikos University DBA program complete 6 core courses (18 units) comprised of traditional core business subjects and advanced practice-focuses seminar classes delivered by world-class faculty holding terminal degrees in Business and related fields, and business professionals with substantial international managerial experience.

Doctoral Degrees, Business

Doctoral degrees, also known as PhDs, are the highest level of academic achievement. They require original research and the completion of a dissertation. Doctoral programs offer specialized knowledge in a specific field, preparing students for careers in academia, research, or leadership roles in various industries.

The field of Business encompasses a wide range of disciplines such as management, marketing, finance, and entrepreneurship. Students studying Business gain valuable skills in decision-making, problem-solving, and strategic thinking. With a focus on real-world applications, Business programs prepare students for diverse career opportunities in industries such as finance, consulting, and technology.