Virginia University of Lynchburg Accreditation on Warning

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Outside of the licensed health professions that are transitioning from the master's or bachelor's degree to the doctorate, there are NOT many 1-year or 18-month doctorates. They're so rare, I've created threads on just about all of them. With that said, VUL's program technically isn't a 1-year or 18-month doctorate; it is a bizarre doctorate that expects people to have the equivalent of two master's degrees. If you don't have those excess credits, then the DHA is not one year. I don't know if VUL is still requiring the externship for those who fall short, so I might be behind on that. Additionally, OSU's DHA program can also be completed in one year to 18 months just by transferring 30 credits from one master's degree. OSU just doesn't advertise its DHA program as a quick degree, which is the smart thing to do.

I do agree, however, that VUL is taking advantage of minority students who want ties to an HBCU and those desperate for a cheap and quick doctorate in a health-related field. With the creation of OSU's program, I see no reason to choose VUL. OSU's program is cheap, it doesn't require a second master's degree or an excess of 30 graduate credits, OSU is regionally accredited and financially backed by the state, and the program is actually focused on healthcare administration. VUL's program has almost nothing to do with healthcare administration, and many of the professors and instructors in the program neither have an educational nor professional background in healthcare administration or any health-related field. Plus, their practicum courses are bogus.

Those running VUL are dishonest and unprofessional. They lie to their students about the utility of a TRACS-accredited degree, and they spy on students and prospective students in Facebook groups to squash negative comments and posts. VUL even has a questionable history as an accredited, degree-granting HBCU. They barely met the requirements to be classified as an HBCU not that many years ago.