Limited Residency Doctor of Business Administration (AACSB)

The University of Wisconsin at Whitewater offers Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) at limited residency. It requires one weekend every month. If you live within 500 miles radius, maybe it worth to attend an AACSB DBA program. I do not know the program is more less expensive than Kenessaw State University's DBA or not, because I could not find the price tag.

"The DBA is a 60 credit program offered using a cohort model where students attend classes 1 weekend each month for 2 years, followed by a year of dissertation work. Weekend classes will run Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. Students will use our online learning platform in between classes to participate in discussion with faculty, submit assignments, and engage in other learning activities. "

URL: Doctorate of Business Administration - University of Wisconsin - Whitewater | Online MBA - Graduate Programs - Business School - Wisconsin, USA | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Also Temple University's Fox School of Business offers Executive Doctor of Business Administration with limited residencies. The school is accredited by AACSB as well.
URL: http://www.fox.temple.edu/posts/2013/07/fox-school-of-business-launches-executive-doctorate-in-business-administration/

 

What would one do with this degree? Is there a demand in business for doctorate trained professionals?

 

Good question, my take is that the market is really Universities and colleges rather than industry. One can argue that a DBA makes more competitive but the reality is that most industry positions can care less that you know how to write papers that nobody reads but they concentrate on measurable results and not in the number of publications in a resume.

Getting a DBA for academic positions makes sense but the warning is that many employers prefer PhDs to DBAs. The logic behind this is precisely because DBA programs are part time and targeted towards professional, graduates are not so research oriented.

I would not consider a DBA that is not AACSB accredited, the issue is that there is a flood of non AACSB accredited doctorates coming from UoP, Walden, etc that depreciates the value of non AACSB accredited programs.

 

Check out the University of Liverpool online, AACSB DBA. If I'm not mistaken, this program is offered 100% online w/ no residencies.