Background Image Alternative Text: Doctoral Student at graduation
Background Image Alternative Text: Doctoral student at graduation

Doctoral Programs

Our internationally acclaimed faculty are dedicated to helping candidates reach their potential, contributing to tomorrow’s knowledge and today’s solutions. 

Established in 1964, Mississippi State’s PhD in Business Administration program has developed educators with the exceptional research capabilities and instructional training necessary to compete for jobs in a wide range of universities and institutions. The program has conferred nearly 400 doctoral degrees since its founding 50 years ago, and graduates of the program have represented MSU at over 200 universities and organizations in 15 countries.

Throughout the years, changes in technology, society, and the development of a global economy have dramatically redirected and reframed doctoral education in business. Our internationally acclaimed faculty are dedicated to helping candidates reach their potential, contributing to tomorrow’s knowledge and today’s solutions.  We believe in a lifetime of learning, choosing every day to make a difference and our alumni are the proof.              

Our PhD in Business Administration currently offers degrees in the following concentrations:

  • Business Information Systems
  • Finance
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Economics

PhD in Business Information Systems PhD in Finance PhD in Management PhD in Marketing PhD in Economics