Online DBA/PhD Program

[Merlin]

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.

Well... like I said, you can get a teaching job with a DBA, but the curriculum for a DBA is largely different than the curriculum for a Ph.D. in Business (or whatnot). The former is focused more on the application of existing research while the latter is more focused on the contribution of new research. Most top universities are research universities, so they are going to prefer instructors who also have research-focused degrees. They want instructors who will be teaching the next generation of researchers and they want instructors who will be doing original research to publish and help improve the academic resume of the school.

So, if you're looking for a tenure track role at a university that isn't research focused (which includes most private and for-profit universities) then you may have much better luck at landing a role. The bonus here is that those schools tend not to care that much about programmatic accreditation either. However, if you want to pursue a tenure track instructor position at a research university without a Ph.D, or teach business without an AACSB degree, you're going to have an uphill battle.