2023 Most Popular Online Business Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which business program is right for you. As online education opportunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Most Popular Online Business Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Business Degree Central has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Southeast Region to see which online doctor's degree programs were the most popular for business students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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Most Popular Online Business Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region of the U.S.
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Our analysis found Liberty University to be the most popular school for business students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, the large private not-for-profit school handed out 92 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 43% were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 97% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia Southern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Business Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Columbia Southern University is a fairly large private for-profit school situated in Orange Beach, Alabama. It awarded 42 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 45% of those degree recipients were women.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Columbia Southern University. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Charleston. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Business Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in Charleston, West Virginia, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 36 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 47% were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 72% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Management and Technology is a great place for business students working on their doctor’s degree. This small private for-profit school is located in Arlington, Virginia, and it awarded 23 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 39% were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 98% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Saint Leo University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business schools in the Southeast Region . This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in Saint Leo, Florida, and it awarded 21 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 62% were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 92% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Louisiana State University - Shreveport came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Shreveport, Louisiana, the medium-sized public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Around 77% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 98% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Johnson University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Around 13% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 72% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Sullivan University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Sullivan University is a private for-profit institution located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 43% were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 54% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #9, South University’s online programs did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business students working on their doctor’s degree. South University’s online programs is located in Savannah, Georgia and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 75% were women.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out South University’s online programs. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
St. Thomas University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree business programs. STU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Miami Gardens, Florida. It awarded 3 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 45% took at least some of their classes online.
Lincoln Memorial University ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in Harrogate, Tennessee, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 13% took at least some of their classes online.
Beulah Heights University landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree business programs. BHU is a very small private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 1 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
BHU is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
University of the Cumberlands ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Cumberlands is located in Williamsburg, Kentucky and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 78 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 58% were women.
In 2019-2020 about 99% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Gardner - Webb University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #14 on the list. Gardner - Webb University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina that handed out 15 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 87% were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 59% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro ranked #14 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, the fairly large public school handed out 8 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Around 75% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 80% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Salem University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #14 on the list.
Since the graduate programs at Salem are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
Anderson University South Carolina came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
In 2019-2020 about 73% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 17 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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