Unusual Situation: Cheapest RA Humanities PhD program by DL

Long story short: I am an instructor with a MA degree interested in taking on more administrative responsibilities at my university. For numerous reasons, I am not interested at this point in my life in completing a PhD program.

My Department Chair/mentor wants to support my candidacy but our university requires doctoral-level coursework. Therefore, she shrewdly advised me to still ENROLL in a PhD program, even if I never finish it, because I would still be considered for advancement opportunities if I am PURSUING a PhD.

Here's what I'm looking for -- and hopefully someone on the forum can reply with a lead -- or a few:

1. Easy and quick entrance requirements
2. Humanities or Arts or Education program
3. Cheapest
4. RA and Distance Learning

 

Are you ex-military by chance? if so, Liberty is a great option as they charge roughly 750 a course for military. I'm biased but I have thorougly enjoyed my time there. On the other hand, depending on the climate of your school it may also be a negative as well...

 

I would say try the University of South Africa. Ask your department/chair about the process to accept foreign degrees. Also, if you have a preference for US degrees, what are your options in-state? The University of Arkansas has an online EdD in Educational Leadership
Ed.D. in Educational Leadership: College of Education and Health Professions

 

I agree with Ruble. Liberty University, a conservative Christian university, offers the lowest priced, regionally accredited doctorate that I have been able to find. Starting from a master's, the EdD program is about $28K. If you are military or ex-military the price will be lower. Deducting the automatic pay raise from my employer from tuition cost, I'll get through it for about $14K.

 

Liberty does require a MAT or a GRE test for entrance.

 

Since you mentioned an education concentration, and requiring doctoral level coursework, would an EdD program, instead of a PhD program, work for you?

 

This should never be a problem. Anyone who has already completed a Masters degree should at the very least be able to walk in off the street and get a decent score on the GRE. I took it cold without even so much as looking at test questions, and scored a 1080. And I consider myself to be decidely average in every way.

 

I agree, I have taken a few of these tests cold and have always scored somewhere in the 90 - 93rd percentile. However, I disagree that you are average in every way. I think you must be above average to walk in and do as well as you did. Give yourself some credit, you are a smart person!

 

Union Institute has a PhD Concentration in Humanities... but the tuition rate is anything BUT cheap. However, I know people who have gone there for various levels of education (BA, MA, PhD) and all have great things to say about their experiences. They are also all very smart people and have found themselves in good careers... which could be a good selling point for the school.

Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies | Doctoral Degree ? Adult Distance Learning ? Low Residency Ph.D.

 

Salve Regina PhD Humanities
(Coming Soon) Faulkner Univ D.Litt

 

** UPDATE ** (I am the OP)

Thanks for these leads. I investigated all of them and there are some great programs but the cost was a bit too high. At my annual evaluation my lack of a doctorate came up again. So the university sweetened the deal by cutting some of my workload in order to give me an opportunity to pursue a PhD (they recommended low-residency). I plan to begin searching the forums this weekend when I have more time, but am wondering if anyone knows of the cheapest low-residency program for a PhD in Humanities.

(P.S. I hate asking for the "cheapest", but with airfare & tuition that is the reality of my situation)

Thank you!

 

You might check out Indiana Univ of Pennsylvania's PhD in English program. It has summer residency requirements. I have no idea of cost. THe Faulkner D.Litt is pretty cheap. Even out of pocket, it is only about $20K, including the cost of books. I doubt you will find a US degree significantly cheaper (and still be RA, etc.). Since you don't have to factor in residencies, it would compare even more favorably.

 

Clark Atlanta University: D.A.H. ($16K ?) “…a minimum of (48) semester hours beyond a master’s degree in an appropriate discipline.”
Clark Atlanta University
http://www.cau.edu/CMFiles/Docs/DAHProgram.pdf

University of Texas at Dallas: PhD Humanities ($16.4K ?)
PhD in Humanities - School of Arts and Humanities - The University of Texas at Dallas

Antioch University: ES PhD Environmental Humanities
ES PhD: The Environmental Humanities - PhD in Environmental Stidies Program - AUNE

Universiteit Leiden (Netherlands):

“PhD students are exempted from paying university tuition fees. However some individual institutes may ask for a bench fee. External PhD candidates can legally have no teaching obligations and no Leiden University grants.”
PhD-Programmes offered by the Humanities Institutes - PhD Programmes - Faculty of Humanities

University of Exeter (UK): PhD
Distance-based PhD study - Humanities - University of Exeter

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) School of Humanities: PhD (Rs. 14,000)
IGNOU - School of Humanities (SOH) - Programmes - Distance - Doctor of Philosophy in Hindi (PhD in Hindi)
IGNOU - School of Humanities (SOH) - Programmes - Distance - Doctor of Philosophy in English (PhD in English)

 

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