Online DBA/PhD Program

[Merlin]

I also have to disagree with the assessment of DBA to PhD and not finding a full time teaching gig. We have 2 DBA's on staff in our business school, both earned their doctorates via online learning and I work a large publicly supported university now, where all my degrees, except my undergraduate ones were earned online and I am VP at the same university of the online school.  Before this, I was also a faculty member on a non tenured track. At the same time I have colleagues who earned their PhD's the old fashioned way (brick and mortar, did research, etc) and 2 of them cannot find full time teaching gigs.

The point I was trying to make above is that any school that requires an AACSB doctorate is most likely going to be looking for Ph.D.'s more than DBA's.

I'm sure it varies quite a bit by the university and the ranking of that university. The less highly ranked a school, the more flexibility they have in how they hire their faculty.

My wife is a faculty member at a local university. At her school, all tenure track professors are required to be Ph.D. holders. We have a friend who teaches at another local college with a DBA, but he is in a non tenure track faculty position. Many schools have adjunct professors who teach with master's degrees... TESU for example. My BUS421 capstone course instructor only had an MBA and not a research-based degree. Then again, I also know people who teach at a 4-year college with only a bachelor's degree, but that isn't the norm at most schools.

In any case, I'm not trying to suggest that someone cannot teach with a DBA. I'm just saying that if teaching is the primary goal, then you'll have an easier time if you pursue a Ph.D. than a DBA. I was originally looking at a DBA myself before I started doing the research and speaking with doctoral advisors and came to the conclusion that if I had any interest in teaching, I'd be better off limiting my search to Ph.D. programs. The nice thing about a Ph.D. is that it can be used in business and academia equally, where the DBA tends to be considered mainly a business/professional degree.