I may want to do a PhD in business... advice wanted

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<p>I'm a nontraditional student at a top university. It has been my ambition to get a business/law degree and pursue a business career. However, I'm discovering in my undergrad experience that I <em>love</em> research. I really enjoy interviewing people, crunching data, thinking up questions, learning new things, writing, publishing. I don't think that publish or perish would be a problem for me because I love to research and write. </p>

<p>My undergraduate degree is interdisciplinary, but I have done research on business topics with business professors. I may want to do more things in the business world and then come back, but I want to know what this option is about before I do it.</p>

<p>I'm thinking that a PhD in business might be a good choice for me, but I'm not really sure what that entails. No one in my family has ever earned a PhD. I've looked up the details online, but I'm curious about what kind of <em>life</em> it is. Does anyone have any advice for me?</p>

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<p>Um there’s no such thing as PhD in business… You do have Economics or Finance (which is relatively small field)… If you want to get a higher degree in business, do MBA.</p>

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<p>Yes, there are PhDs in business. For example:</p>

<p>[PhD</a> Program: Stanford GSB](<a href=“http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/phd/]PhD”>http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/phd/)</p>

<p>[Phd</a> Program Information - University of Chicago Graduate School of Business](<a href=“http://chicagogsb.edu/phd]Phd”>http://chicagogsb.edu/phd)</p>

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<p>Um, see returningstudent’s post above.</p>

<p>Also:</p>

<p>[Programs</a> - HBS Doctoral Programs](<a href=“PhD Programs - Doctoral - Harvard Business School”>PhD Programs - Doctoral - Harvard Business School)
[Program</a> Overview - MIT Sloan PhD Program](<a href=“http://mitsloan.mit.edu/phd/overview.php]Program”>http://mitsloan.mit.edu/phd/overview.php)
[Wharton’s</a> Doctoral Program is One of the Top Doctoral Programs](<a href=“http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/doctoral/]Wharton’s”>Wharton Doctoral Program)
[Ph.D</a>. Program : Haas School](<a href=“http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Phd/]Ph.D”>PhD Program - Berkeley Haas)
[Doctoral</a> Program, Kellogg School of Management](<a href=“http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/doctoral/index.htm]Doctoral”>http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/doctoral/index.htm)
[Doctoral</a> Program : Doctoral Program](<a href=“http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/phd]Doctoral”>http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/phd)
[PhD</a> Program - Stephen M. Ross School of Business](<a href=“PhD Program | Michigan Ross”>PhD Program | Michigan Ross)</p>

<p>In fact, almost every top business school (with the notable exception of Dartmouth Tuck) runs a doctoral program.</p>