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Aspen University: online Doctorate in Computer Science - sciencemathematics1 - 07-20-2020
Aspen university is nationally accredited and offers an online doctorate in computer science. The tuition is $29,000 total. There are 2 other colleges offering an online computer science doctorate, but the total tuition goes up to 60,000 for them. If I want a computer science doctorate, would this prpgram benefit me? I am considering going there after finishing a masters degree (they require one for admission). https://www.aspen.edu/business-technology/doctoral-computer-science
RE: Aspen University: online Doctorate in Computer Science - ajs1976a - 07-20-2020
(07-20-2020, 11:31 AM)sciencemathematics1 Wrote: ... nationally accredited ...
Not regionally accredited? NA would be a disqualifier for me.
RE: Aspen University: online Doctorate in Computer Science - sciencemathematics1 - 07-20-2020
(07-20-2020, 12:04 PM)ajs1976a Wrote:Maybe when it comes to undergraduate. But what about when it comes to graduate school? How would national accreditation for graduate school be worse?(07-20-2020, 11:31 AM)sciencemathematics1 Wrote: ... nationally accredited ...
Not regionally accredited? NA would be a disqualifier for me.
RE: Aspen University: online Doctorate in Computer Science - eLearner - 07-20-2020
Computer Science is a "show me" field where your track record and proving you can do it is more important than anything else. For a Doctorate in Computer Science, I wouldn't be worried about a school being nationally accredited unless I had a goal of teaching at a University (which most people don't), and unless the $60K RA programs are from well-known schools with top reps, I doubt you're going to get much more mileage out of those. There is this idea out there that HR and hiring managers are just readily rejecting all non-RA degrees, but nothing could be further from the truth. If anything, that idea is negated by the high number of fake degree holders that are gainfully employed and well-paid, even brazen enough to display their fake degrees on LinkedIn.
I think you'll be okay.
RE: Aspen University: online Doctorate in Computer Science - bluebooger - 07-20-2020
the only reason to get a PhD in CS is because you want to teach CS
if you want to teach CS get a PhD from an RA school
RE: Aspen University: online Doctorate in Computer Science - eLearner - 07-20-2020
(07-20-2020, 12:56 PM)bluebooger Wrote: if you want to teach CS get a PhD from an RA school
^ This.
RE: Aspen University: online Doctorate in Computer Science - sciencemathematics1 - 07-20-2020
I don't want to teach computer science, but I might want a research role, or another role for a doctorate. There are also research roles outside of academia in computer science I would consider which require a doctorate.
Is there any other way that a doctorate would be useful? I thought that there are more opportunities with it then just teaching.
RE: Aspen University: online Doctorate in Computer Science - conflitz - 07-20-2020
Computer science is a field where your track record is most important only for getting a job as a developer. For academia or research (within or outside of academia), a PhD from a nationally accredited or for-profit school would be a joke.
EDIT: Also, some of the above posts are wrong. Getting a PhD in CS isn't just for teaching - it's also useful if you want to go into CS research.
RE: Aspen University: online Doctorate in Computer Science - eLearner - 07-20-2020
@sciencemathematics1
I don't know about outside academia, but for research roles in academia you better have a Master's from a well-respected University because an NA Doctorate almost certainly won't be enough to get you in there.
RE: Aspen University: online Doctorate in Computer Science - ss20ts - 07-20-2020
(07-20-2020, 12:33 PM)sciencemathematics1 Wrote:(07-20-2020, 12:04 PM)ajs1976a Wrote:Maybe when it comes to undergraduate. But what about when it comes to graduate school? How would national accreditation for graduate school be worse?(07-20-2020, 11:31 AM)sciencemathematics1 Wrote: ... nationally accredited ...
Not regionally accredited? NA would be a disqualifier for me.
Most people with doctorates want the ability to teach and you will have a very difficult time finding a teaching position at a college with a nationally accredited doctorate. They want a regionally accredited degree.