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Purdue Global DBA Coming Soon, Edgewood DTech Coming Possibly
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10-16-2025, 11:12 AM (This post was last modified: 08-26-2026, 06:34 PM by Jonathan Whatley.)
Regional accreditor the Higher Learning Commission in August approved Edgewood University’s request to introduce a Doctor of Technology degree, and in September approved Purdue University Global’s request to introduce a Doctor of Business Administration degree. Further approvals may be needed from other authorities.

Update in August 2026: [url=https://www.hlcommission.org/for-students/accreditation-actions/august-2026-actions/#wi]Now the HLC has denied[url=https://www.hlcommission.org/for-students/accreditation-actions/august-2026-actions/#wi] Edgewood University’s request to introduce a Doctor of Technology degree.
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10-16-2025, 03:57 PM
Great info! Where did you find this out at? I wonder what concentration the DTech will be have.
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10-16-2025, 04:34 PM
(10-16-2025, 03:57 PM)mcjon77 Wrote: Great info! Where did you find this out at?

Intermittently watching HLC Accreditation Actions!
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10-17-2025, 11:00 PM
Approval to award a degree and that degree actually being announced and offered can be very far apart.
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10-18-2025, 08:06 AM
(10-16-2025, 11:12 AM)Jonathan Whatley Wrote: Regional accreditor the Higher Learning Commission in August approved Edgewood University’s request to introduce a Doctor of Technology degree, and in September approved Purdue University Global’s request to introduce a Doctor of Business Administration degree. Further approvals may be needed from other authorities.

Exciting! I look forwarded to hearing more about the program.
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10-20-2025, 08:49 AM (This post was last modified: 10-20-2025, 08:58 AM by mcjon77.)
This comment was going to be about how Edgewood didn't have any technology degrees, but I was mistaken. It looks like they have  computer information systems and data science undergraduate degrees. Maybe looking at those undergraduate programs will give us some insight into possible concentrations for the doctor of technology
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10-26-2025, 04:31 AM
Hmm, I wonder how much that DTech is going to be when it comes out...
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12-07-2025, 04:42 AM
The Purdue Global DBA has launched. Here’s a new thread about it!
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12-07-2025, 08:51 PM
It's important to stress that Purdue University Global is NOT Purdue University.
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12-07-2025, 10:25 PM
(12-07-2025, 08:51 PM)Sagan Wrote: It's important to stress that Purdue University Global is NOT Purdue University.

Technically it IS Purdue University in the same way that, say, Purdue-Fort Wayne or Purdue-Indianapolis are -- in that it's a campus in the Purdue University system. But yes, it's not Purdue University West Lafayette.
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