Online DBA/PhD Program

[SteveFoerster]

FYI, if you're looking to lecture (teach) you should be focusing on RA Ph.D. programs and not DBA programs. A DBA is a terminal professional degree, not really an academic degree. You may still be able to teach with a DBA, but it will be much harder to find a gig... or you may be limited to private colleges or 2-year schools.

I disagree. I've seen plenty of business faculty with DBA degrees. Factors like which school one attends, whether it's AACSB, etc. are much more important.

AACSB programmatic accreditation is great to have on top of a Business Ph.D. if you want to teach at a top grad school. AACSB on top of a DBA is also great to have if you're looking to work for a Big 4 accounting firm or something, but it isn't required otherwise.

Agreed.

If you want to teach in the US, you should be fine if you're looking at foreign AACSB universities, but if not, you should be careful when looking at foreign colleges.

I'm not so sure. There are an awful lot of Americans who think the universe stops at the border, and find that anything international is peculiar at best. If my goal were a full time faculty position at a U.S. institution, especially on the tenure track, I wouldn't go international if I could possibly avoid it. 

Lastly, if you want any kind of AACSB accredited degree, you're probably not going to find one on a limited budget. AACSB schools tend to charge a lot more because of that accreditation. Plus, schools that get that accreditation are really hard to find online to begin with (Covid may change this).

Agreed. At some point one should consider ROI, and IMHO I don't see any of those programs offering enough of one.

Also keep in mind that if you're doing any kind of online doctoral program you'll be paying out of pocket unless your company will pay for it, you can land a scholarship, or you take out a loan or something. If you're able to relocate to attend in person and can dedicate to a full-time Ph.D. in Business or something, that is the most cost-effective approach. If selected, and the program is fully funded, you generally won't have to pay for tuition at all since tuition will usually be covered by a grant or waived in combination with a research or teaching assistantship. Plus those programs will usually pay a stipend on top of all that to cover stuff like rent and food.

Indeed. I would go so far as to say that if one's goal is a tenure track position, do it this way or forget it. I know, I know, there are always exceptions. But that's what they are, exceptions. And the competition for those positions is brutal.