Lowest Cost PHD/DBA

I've just been reading through this topic and I think that it doesn't really deserve to be pinned at the top of all topics. I couldn't really find a stunning tuition deal apart from those standard US programs.

 

Fun fact. This 15 year old thread was started by someone named Matt. I have a 15 year old son named Matt.

 

It's OK, Vicki. We know your Matt's not to blame! Never, with a good Mom like you!

I wonder if anyone -- anywhere - actually enrolled for a legit Doctorate and completed it as a result of ANYTHING in this 15-year thread? It sure doesn't look like it. A few people got peppered in accreditation arguments, and Breyer State got duly lambasted (once more) but that's about it.

Not a lot to show for 15 years. Just sayin' - no blame attached.

 

He’d probably have a PHD by now if he had posted on an online forum as a baby!

 

Mama don't let your babies grow up to git Doct'rates
Don't let 'em write theses, then drive them old trucks (y'all know who I mean )
Don't make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such...

(Apologies to Willie, Waylon an' them...)

 

Out of curiosity, let's see how you guys respond to this.

https://www.veritas.edu.my/veritas/doctor-of-business-administration/
https://www.globalnxt.edu.my/gnxt/dba.html

Both offers DBA for ~$5750

Veritas seems to be blended so you have to attend in person classes. On top of that its provisional accreditation by the MQA (Malaysia government) is expiring June 2022 - subject to renewal.
Globalnxt seems to offer their DBA fully online so you guys can really go for it. It has accreditation (not the provisional, but a proper one), but not sure why they state validity on their website.

Basically any course that has MQA accreditation in Malaysia is eligible for employment with the Malaysian government & eligible for student loans by the Malaysian government, so it's not a Mickey Mouse mill.

 

Degrees like these would be subject to a foreign degree evaluation.

 

Wouldn’t a DBA from Herriot Watt University be subjected to the same foreign degree evaluation? Likewise one from University of Wollongong down under. Even Oxford is a foreign university.

Fail to see the difference.

And with the evaluation fees it’s still going to be cheaper than anything in the states.

EDIT: for clarity, I’m just curious towards the perception of others. I’ve got no vested interest.

 

The difference might be in the OUTCOME of the evaluation. One of the two Malaysian schools, with its provisional (and expiring?) accreditation seems to be a crapshoot at best. The other - its chances look way better. And yes - Heriot-Watt and Wollongong would require US evaluation. But a good outcome is pretty well assured. Known quantity in both cases.

Plus - with 15-20 evaluators, results can vary from one to another. It was years and years ago, but I seem to remember someone reporting that a Heriot-Watt MBA had been evaluated as equivalent to a US Associate Degree. That was a one-off, but ...

 

Perhaps it's because I didn't state one.