Doctorate of Business Administration
Online DBA Program — Doctorate of Business Administration
DBA Curriculum for Working Executives
- Create organizational environments for a learning organization that focus on one or more of the following: leadership, information security, project management, supply chain, accounting, and managing an organization. (DBA8300)
- Evaluate how organizations inspire employees and nurture a positive organizational culture. (DBA8350)
- Create qualitative and/or quantitative methods to analyze critical business issues. (ACC6100)
- Choose project management tools, methods, and techniques in effort to reduce waste while improving quality and safety throughout an organization. (DBA8900)
- Develop effective business methods as a practitioner and researcher using both verbal and written communication methods. (DBA8150)
- Dissertation Outcome: Demonstrate the ability to design, conduct, and present original, scholarly research that contributes to the advancement of knowledge or practice within the discipline, adhering to the highest standards of academic integrity, methodological rigor, and ethical responsibility (DST8110).
Career Path
Fees & Financial Aid
This online DBA program is designed for working executives who want to earn a terminal business degree without pausing their career. Coursework is delivered 100% online across 21 courses (62 credits), combining applied business research with the strategic leadership training you can apply at work immediately.
The curriculum moves beyond theory into applied practice: you'll work through organizational leadership and culture, qualitative and quantitative business research methods, project and supply chain management, and financial and accounting analysis, before completing an original dissertation that contributes new research to the field. Graduates pursue roles as executive leaders, consultants, and academics, entering a job market where the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects over 4 million new management-related openings nationally.
At $733 per credit ($45,446 total), this online DBA costs less than our in-residence option while covering the same 62-credit, 21-course curriculum. It's a deliberate trade-off: you give up on-campus cohort time in exchange for full scheduling flexibility and a lower total program cost.
The fees shown here are based on the 2026–2027 academic year, and are subject to change. The tuition displayed are for total program of study cost.
Prefer in-person, cohort-based learning instead? Compare this program with our Doctorate of Business Administration (In Residence).
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