DBA in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - Walsh College - 12.5K USD

[spohara]

It is run business by Indians. Even look at the title/ Below is India Country code and number .  What is that mean "WES Accredited"? Its a scam for my indian cousins so they can get WES education qualification? 

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The WALSH College list DBA in Accounting and General and asking for $1038/Credit. with average 60 credit program. 

https://walshcollege.edu/walsh-doctoral-...istration/
https://walshcollege.edu/tuition-and-fee...25-tuition
"Tuition is billed at the level of the course in which you enroll. All 200-400 level courses are billed at undergraduate rates, all 500-600 level courses are billed at graduate rates, and all 700 level courses and above are billed at doctorate rates."

https://walshcollege.smartcatalogiq.com/current/walsh-college-catalog/walsh-degree-programs/doctoral-degree-programs/doctor-of-business-administration-degree/

A bit further below:

"Yes, the DBA program is ACBSP and HLC accredited and recognized by WES, ensuring global recognition of your degree."

[kakasahib]

Yes, it is HCL  accredited, but the WES is targeted for the Indian market. As someone said, you need to apply at the WALSH college website, but it has nothing to do with UTA, this is another scam where they want you to apply at the college website but ask them to pay the fee to them. Which possible scam.....again, I am just speculating it, because the WALSH website has no sign in their paperwork that they allow 3rd party to offer their DBA especially with AI and Machine Learning. If you ask these are IT degrees and try tell their Indian folks and join them and get the certificate from their website that you can print from good later printer.

[autopilot078]

Yes, it is HCL  accredited, but the WES is targeted for the Indian market. As someone said, you need to apply at the WALSH college website, but it has nothing to do with UTA, this is another scam where they want you to apply at the college website but ask them to pay the fee to them. Which possible scam.....again, I am just speculating it, because the WALSH website has no sign in their paperwork that they allow 3rd party to offer their DBA especially with AI and Machine Learning. If you ask these are IT degrees and try tell their Indian folks and join them and get the certificate from their website that you can print from good later printer.

I think you may be misinformed, I talked to Walsh (briefly) and they are aware of Great Learning and the collaboration to award a DBA. Walsh even links to the Great Learning site on their own website, so everything looks legitimate to me. Like it was mentioned earlier in this thread, Northwestern University has a similar setup with their Masters of Data Science where it is ~1/5 the cost of their on-campus program.

I do agree that it seems that this program is primarily targeted towards individuals in India, but it's nice that this program doesn't require residencies in India nor prevents US residents from applying.

[autopilot078]

Walsh College and Great Learning just introduced DBA in General 3 weeks ago

can't find this new DBA on their site

https://www.mygreatlearning.com/mba-dba-...dba_061224

How much is it. I dont seem to find the price for this program

They just added a price on to the page. Right now (converting the currency to USD), it looks to be about $7,300.

[bjcheung77]

Seriously looking into these type of programs, especially since it's within budget for a triple credential - PG, Masters, DBA.

Hmm, Where are you located? Which country?
I am on their page and it shows this...

Program Fees:
12,550 USD

[artem]

Seriously looking into these type of programs, especially since it's within budget for a triple credential - PG, Masters, DBA.

Hmm, Where are you located? Which country?  
I am on their page and it shows this...

Program Fees:
12,550 USD

I don't see these new programs from Ukraine. On the global website, there is only one DBA in AIML for $12500$.
I can see new programs using indian vpn. There are DBA in General Management and two versions of DBA in AIML (with and without a PG diploma from Texas University)
The prices are almost the same as on the global site. 630000 rupees + taxes + cost of the needed for admission PG diploma 235000 rupees + taxes = 865000 rupees + taxes

[autopilot078]

Just wanted to give everyone an update and say that I was formally accepted into the program. Still deciding if it makes more sense to do this program versus a higher ranked masters in data science.

I'm going to see if there's any flexibility in overall cost and payment plan; my goal is to leverage my work's tuition reimbursement to minimize the cost for the program. The only obstacle is that payments are made directly to Great Learning, which may create an issue.

While I'm currently in the USA, I have thought about immigrating abroad, so a RA Doctorate should open opportunities.

[panda02]

Just wanted to give everyone an update and say that I was formally accepted into the program. Still deciding if it makes more sense to do this program versus a higher ranked masters in data science.

I'm going to see if there's any flexibility in overall cost and payment plan; my goal is to leverage my work's tuition reimbursement to minimize the cost for the program. The only obstacle is that payments are made directly to Great Learning, which may create an issue.

While I'm currently in the USA, I have thought about immigrating abroad, so a RA Doctorate should open opportunities.

Hey congratulation on your acceptance, thank you for sharing your update. I am trying to bite on one of their program as well, please let us know if you manage to negotiate some flexibility in cost and payment plans. I highly doubt work will reimburse since the payment will be made to great learning, and not the Uni itself; but i am interested to learn more on that one as well

[nykorn]

A European degree can be obtained much cheaper. But will it have the same weight in the US labor market?

I can't answer your question, but which comparable European degree (DBA) would be much cheaper? I haven't found any under 12k

1) European countries usually pay students a salary to get a Doctorate. It is even better than a "free" education. You can also apply for stipends in the majority of countries for anything below doctorate level, which is free money (not a loan). In my case from Sweden I would get around $350 USD a month in a stipend from the government for taking Bachelor's or Master's level courses, but for Doctorate level I would get paid a normal full-time salary from the university.

2) Unless you went to an Ivy League school, or there is one single European school very famous for your field (think Karolinska for medical studies) American employers don't care if it's a European or American degree. Occasionally you would need to get a foreign credit evaluation to prove your European education is real, but that is only if you are trying to get a license or a work visa in the US. 

Having an American degree is NOT going to be any better in getting you a work visa to the US than having a European degree, the only benefit in the American degree in America is that you wouldn't have to pay extra to get a foreign credit evaluation when you apply for the visa. There are countless foreigners who physically come to the US for their college education, graduate, and still can't find anyone to sponsor a work visa for them and so they then have to leave the US. So an American degree isn't a magic ticket into the US itself. 

However an American degree IS a magic ticket to some places in Asia where they highly prioritize job candidates who have American education or an education which was entirely taught in English from a native English speaking country.

The big thing to keep in mind in Europe vs America is if you are planning on further studies. As an example, an American Bachelor's does not qualify you for many licenses or most further education in Europe because European Bachelors are 3 years of subject-specific credits while an American Bachelor's is only 2 years of subject-specific credits. America is usually more lenient on qualifications and will often just require "a finished degree", but European countries will specifically require a finished degree worth x amount of credits. European countries also often require 3-year or 5-year degrees for jobs in the US which do not require any degree at all, such as tax assistant jobs.

Having a Doctorate or a second Master's will absolutely help you get approved for a work visa when dealing with Immigration. Many countries give "bonus points" at Immigration for every additional Masters and every Doctorate (they don't care about additional Bachelors). US Immigration accepts non-NACES members and thus ENEB counts as an accredited Masters for them. Finding an employer to sponsor a work visa is far harder than actually qualifying for a work visa.

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One hope that I have in this program is that the school may, at some point, become AACSB accredited, which will make this degree extremely competitive. I will be reaching out separately to the school to better understand what their goals are in that sense.

If you get a degree before accreditation, when the school obtains accreditation in the future your old degree is still unaccredited. Most people (such as employers) would never research things that far, but it could potentially cause problems depending on what you are planning on doing with your degree.