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Wow Ryoder! Congratulations! Will you be our first doctor?
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The CAGS is 6 classes at a cost of $2200 each but I get a $120 discount as an alumni so its around $12K - 7.5K from my employer so $4.5K out of pocket for me.
The PhD is 20 classes as $2k each so $40k in total. The DBA is 18 classes or $36K in total. Both degrees could require additional dissertation courses at $2k a pop so you really have to be careful at the end.
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The doctoral path is a long one, even for a speed demon. It is also expensive. So I don't know if I am going to complete it or not. I can definitely commit to this CAGS though. Its only 6 classes. Once I am done with that I will see if I can transfer those courses into some other PhD or continue at NCU.
Thats a good question. Did someone start on this forum and then finish a doctorate?
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Woohoo congrats
and good luck
Hopefully I can start a thread like this one in 2 and a half years
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Congrats - Great Plan!!
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Thanks! Everybody is giving me congrats but NCU is open enrollment. I will take it as encouragement
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Hey, if anybody can do it, it'd be YOU
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Ryoder: are you still working on your PhD at NCU?
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Yes. I haven't fully committed to the PhD program yet. I am enrolled in a doctoral certificate program in e-commerce and have finished my first assignment already. Thats the beauty of NCU. You call them up, enroll in a program, and start working right away!
For people like me, it is perfect. You go from sitting around thinking about a graduate degree to actually working on one within about an hour.
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You're my inspiration! I'd like to follow in your footsteps. Keep up the great work!
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