Bachelors direct to DBA

[eLearner]

ELEarner, the only thing about WGU is that they are ACBSP accredited and the PHd or DBA I am looking into is AACSB. Schools that have AACSB accreditation would require a masters from an AACSB institution. That is what the 2 schools that I have talked to said. I was looking at Georgia Southwestern for an MBA for a cost under $10K for the whole program and they are AACSB accredited.

FRom the schools i talked to, they said that they do not take any graduate courses (MBA) to apply to the doctorate program. So starting the doctorate is like starting a whole new game. If I could save myself $10K and jump into a online DBA.

You're trying to get into a Doctoral program without a Masters in a country where--while it does happen--it happens rarely when comparing to the whole. If you're trying to get into a program that requires an AACSB Masters, well, you don't have one, so, that's a problem. But here is the thing:

"Schools that have AACSB accreditation would require a masters from an AACSB institution. That is what the 2 schools that I have talked to said."

I'm not aware of such a requirement made by the AACSB itself (but anyone can feel free to link me), so I would ask if this is a requirement of the schools you're applying to, and I would also contact the AACSB, in fact I'd contact the AACSB first then talk to the schools. The answer to that will make a big difference for making decisions down the road. If it's a school specific requirement, then you may have some room to negotiate that, or simply finds schools without that requirement if an agreement can't be reached. But the main point is, without a Masters from anywhere, you have very little leverage to negotiate anything with any school and will have far fewer options overall.