Inexpensive Doctorates - Search your desired country

[bjcheung77]

Basically, I was looking for a cheap, easy, fast Doctorate with the most ROI/Value as I don't have tuition assistance...
Countries I looked at were India, Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya as English is an official language.
Here is just an example of what I found in the Philippines, a for-profit, AMA University (I compare it to Walden).

AMA University - Online Ed - Inexpensive Doctorates
DBA 30 months/2.5 years - P97,000 a year | https://onlinepostgrad.com/dr-business-administration/
DIT 30 months/2.5 years - P91,000 a year | https://onlinepostgrad.com/dr-informational-technology/

For the DBA, it's $1,950/year, 2.5 years would be $4875
For the DIT, it's $1,825/year, 2.5 years would be $4562.5
If I go for them and complete both in 2.5 years, it'll cost under $10K - RA equivalent double Doctorate

There are many different offerings from other universities, all with different pricing/requirements.
The ones I need/want must be online/distance education as I don't think I will travel for residency.
What interested me in this AMA University is that it's ranked 34th in the PI and their Bachelors are ABET (computing).
I haven't found any ABET computing bachelors for this cheap yet, I added them to my list of inexpensive undergrad.

For me, the ROI/Value seeker, If you can find something comparable - higher ranking, more recognized, basically cheaper, easier, faster to finish, then it'll be a better deal. Anyways, if you're in the neck of those woods, you may want to investigate colleges/universities in your country. Some Local or International students like to have RA undergrad and then go through grad studies from other countries (usually where they get cheaper education that is equivalent to RA). Local or International students may want it the other way, get a cheap education overseas for undergrad while they're young and a fanatic of travel, then come back for a RA graduate education.

[asianphd]

That's a good finding! Thank you for posting.
Anyway, for-profit and non-profit are not really relevant in the Southeast Asia context. 80% of university here is considered for-profit.

[collegecareerstudent]

Basically, I was looking for a cheap, easy, fast Doctorate with the most ROI/Value as I don't have tuition assistance...
Countries I looked at were India, Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya as English is an official language.
Here is just an example of what I found in the Philippines, a for-profit, AMA University (I compare it to Walden).

AMA University - Online Ed - Inexpensive Doctorates
DBA 30 months/2.5 years - P97,000 a year | https://onlinepostgrad.com/dr-business-administration/
DIT 30 months/2.5 years - P91,000 a year | https://onlinepostgrad.com/dr-informational-technology/

For the DBA, it's $1,950/year, 2.5 years would be $4875
For the DIT, it's $1,825/year, 2.5 years would be $4562.5
If I go for them and complete both in 2.5 years, it'll cost under $10K - RA equivalent double Doctorate

There are many different offerings from other universities, all with different pricing/requirements.
The ones I need/want must be online/distance education as I don't think I will travel for residency.
What interested me in this AMA University is that it's ranked 34th in the PI and their Bachelors are ABET (computing).
I haven't found any ABET computing bachelors for this cheap yet, I added them to my list of inexpensive undergrad.

For me, the ROI/Value seeker, If you can find something comparable - higher ranking, more recognized, basically cheaper, easier, faster to finish, then it'll be a better deal. Anyways, if you're in the neck of those woods, you may want to investigate colleges/universities in your country. Some Local or International students like to have RA undergrad and then go through grad studies from other countries (usually where they get cheaper education that is equivalent to RA). Local or International students may want it the other way, get a cheap education overseas for undergrad while they're young and a fanatic of travel, then come back for a RA graduate education.

How do we know they are RA double equivalents?

[asianphd]

Basically, I was looking for a cheap, easy, fast Doctorate with the most ROI/Value as I don't have tuition assistance...
Countries I looked at were India, Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya as English is an official language.
Here is just an example of what I found in the Philippines, a for-profit, AMA University (I compare it to Walden).

AMA University - Online Ed - Inexpensive Doctorates
DBA 30 months/2.5 years - P97,000 a year | https://onlinepostgrad.com/dr-business-administration/
DIT 30 months/2.5 years - P91,000 a year | https://onlinepostgrad.com/dr-informational-technology/

For the DBA, it's $1,950/year, 2.5 years would be $4875
For the DIT, it's $1,825/year, 2.5 years would be $4562.5
If I go for them and complete both in 2.5 years, it'll cost under $10K - RA equivalent double Doctorate

There are many different offerings from other universities, all with different pricing/requirements.
The ones I need/want must be online/distance education as I don't think I will travel for residency.
What interested me in this AMA University is that it's ranked 34th in the PI and their Bachelors are ABET (computing).
I haven't found any ABET computing bachelors for this cheap yet, I added them to my list of inexpensive undergrad.

For me, the ROI/Value seeker, If you can find something comparable - higher ranking, more recognized, basically cheaper, easier, faster to finish, then it'll be a better deal. Anyways, if you're in the neck of those woods, you may want to investigate colleges/universities in your country. Some Local or International students like to have RA undergrad and then go through grad studies from other countries (usually where they get cheaper education that is equivalent to RA). Local or International students may want it the other way, get a cheap education overseas for undergrad while they're young and a fanatic of travel, then come back for a RA graduate education.

How do we know they are RA double equivalents?

I think what he said is that he will receive two doctorates, with RA equivalents. With a similar fee, instead of only receive one doctorate, you can study for two doctorates.

[Alpha]

Cheap, easy, fast comes very close to being the definition of a degree mill.  You might fool some newbie in HR but your peers will sniff it out, even if no one else does.  You can put "cheap, easy, fast" on your resume but I think it's an open question whether it will help or hurt.  Do your homework first.

[ss20ts]

How will these international "doctorates" look career wise? I looked at a few of the websites and they don't look like a real university. One doesn't even have university or college in its name. It's one thing to earn a respected international doctorate such as one at Oxford. It's another thing to complete one at a place that has an awful website, doesn't appear to be a college, and looks like a diploma mill.

[SteveFoerster]

One doesn't even have university or college in its name.

Neither does MIT or Cal Tech. Do their "doctorates" get scare quotes too?

[ss20ts]

One doesn't even have university or college in its name.

Neither does MIT or Cal Tech. Do their "doctorates" get scare quotes too?

Those are well respected institutions. They're well known all over the world. Very different than something called post grad from OEd. That's literally what it says on the website. They website chat function also uses your Facebook account. Not exactly a great thing.

[bjcheung77]

Yeah, their website links all over the place... It's the norm for "for profit" colleges/unis in the PI. They have so many "subsidiaries" and they bundle them all into different sites for online, face to face, etc. I mean, many institutions in the PI have Preschool, elementary, secondary, institute, college, university (yes, even up to medical school) all in one website. When you click onto them, they go to another site and makes you think it's another school altogether. Here's their main site: https://www.ama.edu.ph/

[Pats20]

It’s not ranked too bad. Top 75% in the world.

https://edurank.org/uni/ama-computer-university/