Is A Professional Doctorate A Good Idea? | MD, JD, DBA, Executive, And Online Doctorates.

Published 2021-04-21
Professional doctorates are a good idea if the expected benefit significantly outweighs the cost of getting one.

Here are the things that I want you to think about before you start:

What is the cost of the program?
What is the expected wages, and the percentage of people that actually graduate?
Do you have a support network and time for you to dedicate all of your weekends and evenings to getting the doctorate?
Pay attention to the program. They vary a lot in value added across institutions.
Does it get you closer to being more fulfilled in your life?
Do not do it just to teach. You can teach for far less cost.
Ask graduates of the program if it was worth their time.

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All Comments (4)
  • @andyeffiong
    While I admire your efforts, permit me to say that in the USA and many parts of Europe, the DBA is recognized as a research degree and cannot be ranked with JD, MD and other professional second degrees. The National Science Foundation and the US Department of Education rank the DBA and PhD as equivalent research degrees. While the DBA researvh aims at applied and real problems of organizations,, the PhD research aims to produce theoretical knowledge, which may only be useful in the academia. The professional degrees of MD, JD, etc are not equivalent to the PhD acquired from doctoral research universities as classified by Carnegie Foundation.
  • I just completed a DBA from the University of South Florida because school accreditation was the most important factor in selecting programs. I would offer that in addition to the program costs, there are many additional costs, such as travel, hotels, and food. If that's an issue, look for programs that offer online alternatives.
  • Is there any dba course witjh minimum fees, iam crazy for the title,i want win over my mother in law who always think scorned of me