工商管理哲学博士课程旨在培养研究型毕业生，这些毕业生可以在学术界担任职务，从而推动最先进的商业实践发展，并增强商业为广大社区做出的贡献。这些目标可以通过理论，概念，方法和实践方面的研究贡献以及对下一代商业领袖教育的贡献来实现。USC Marshall在以下五个部门提供商业管理博士学位：会计，财务和商业经济学，数据科学与运营，管理和组织以及市场营销。
The Doctor of Philosophy program in business administration is designed to produce research-oriented graduates who, from positions in academia, can advance the state-of-the-art of business practice and enhance the contributions that business can make to the larger community. These goals can be advanced through research contributions in theory, concepts, methods and practices, and contributions to the education of the next generation of business leaders. USC Marshall offers the PhD in Business Administration in the following five departments: Accounting, Finance and Business Economics, Data Sciences and Operations, Management and Organization, and Marketing.