How Can I Get This Degree?

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program offered through Walden University allows students to concentrate their doctoral studies in entrepreneurship. The program is designed to help experienced business professionals build their entrepreneurial knowledge and skills by combining theory with practical strategies taken from real-world situations. To get this degree, DBA students must complete 60 semester credit hours as well as eight days of academic residency broken down into two four-day residencies. The 60 credit hours are broken down into the following sequence: a foundation course, core business courses, a business strategy course, research methods courses, specialization courses and doctoral study courses. The time it takes to complete the DBA program in entrepreneurship varies depending on a student’s pace of progress and how many credits a student transfers into the program. The cost of tuition for this DBA program is $770 per semester credit hour, which includes the price of all required textbooks. A 4-day residency fee costs $935, not counting travel and lodging expenses. A technology fee is also assessed each semester at $50.

What Can I Do With This Degree?

After earning a DBA degree in entrepreneurship, many graduates go on to become executives of their own businesses, become college educators or use their expertise to enter careers in business consulting. Possible career paths include becoming president and CEO of your own company; partnering with other likeminded business professionals to launch a new arm of an existing company; teaching the next generation of business leaders the tools of the trade as a college professor; or advising business leaders on how they can minimize their losses and maximize their profits. Those who wish to enter careers in consulting are in for some good news, as management, scientific, and technical consulting services is projected to be the fastest growing industry over the next decade, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. A whopping 83 percent employment growth is expected between 2008 and 2018, due in part to increased demand for advice in all areas of business planning, the Bureau notes. Also of note is that top executives are among the highest paid workers in the U.S., many of which have six figure salaries, the Bureau stated.