advice sought on doctoral program

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South African options include MANCOSA, DaVinci, and potentially a research doctorate from a B&M school. International doctorates are bit of a specialty for the sister board degreeinfo.

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Marshall University and American College of Education also have solid pr0grams on the upper side of your price range.

Jonathan-

After doing some research on prices, it looks like MANCOSA would be about $20-25k for the DBA program and DaVinci w)ould be about $10k USD which is a deal. MANCOSA is close enough in price to Univ of the Cumberlands ($20,790) or South College ($18-23k) that I don't think there is a legitimate enough price savings to go with a South African University vs. a US University since it is not AACSB accredited. Davinci looks like it is about $9-10K USD which is a good deal and provided the SAQA accredition doesn't take forever and is not bureaucratic hell which I have heard that it can take forever to get a response, it might be a good option.

The thing that attracts me to the South College program that it is competency based and can potentially be completed in 1-2 years. If I could complete it in 3 terms @ $6K, this would be $18,000. The time factor of being able to complete the DBA in 1-2 years vs. the standard 3-4 years is also very attractive.

It does not look like I can beat the price of AMA Online at like $2-3k USD in cost, but, I am somewhat concerned that if it not recognized as a legitimate degree comparable to a doctorate degree in the USD, I would not have the option of teaching adjunct if I want to do so. This is less of a concern as this degree is mainly for personal achievement.

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