I have found a reputable program that offers a DBA. I am curious as to thoughts of the value of attaining one and it's value to income if you did not attend a top 10 MBA program. If your MBA is a top 50 Regional, would a DBA offer you a career or salary boost. Spending another 90-100k plus is a rough business decision if you aren't sure about the return.
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Bump! DBA Value or No?
Interested as well.
Name someone who has the job you want that has a doctorate in business administration. I'll give you a hint, if your desired job is not in academia, then you probably won't be able to find one. Doctorates are academic degrees. Take a look at the wikipedia page of notable people for the DBA. 11/13 people work for a university.
Raynor, one of the two that does not work for a university, is focused on research at Deloitte.
I'm guessing he's there to pump out white papers and thought leadership, anyone with a PHD or other advanced degree not in academia is there for client comfort.
Well, being Asian, growing up my parents always wanted me to be an MD. Guess they should have specified as MD can also stand for Managing Director.... and as for the formal "doctor" title? Yea... that's right Mr. PhD, I'm looking at you.
But on a more serious not, aside from my reasons above. No.
Probably not worth it, what school is it from? Only place where you see lots of individuals with PhDs in management is Germany and in biopharma. Those folks tend to have STEM focused doctorates anyway.
I go to a non-target and I had a professor that had an MA in History, an MBA, and a DBA all from Harvard Business School...one of the smartest guys I've ever spoken to and with those degrees he basically become the president of a college with no legit work experience at the age of 30 and grew enrollment from 500 to 10,000.
Sounds a lot like Senator Ben Sasse who got his BA at Yale, MA in Liberal Studies at Oxford, obtained a Master of Arts, Master of Philosophy and Ph.D, all in history, from Yale University. He then worked for BCG and became one of the youngest college presidents every and grew the university in class size and academic rankings before becoming a Republican Senator.
I am not really sure it would make me money right away, but I was considering the many places you could be placed if you knew the right people. Like President of a College or a member of a nice board.
If your goal is to make more money a DBA is not the path. 5 years of grad school comes with a huge opportunity cost. I'm all for learning and research, but the goal should be learning and research when in a doctoral program rather than a 20% pay bump. Also once you get into consulting at the higher levels nobody will care about your education. They will care about your ability to sell, and you will be compensated based on that.
Also I didn't mention the program, because I want to critique the idea versus which program. I know some professors make allot more than others depending on the university. I don't want to be in academia anytime soon. Seems like if you go this route you're asking for problems, but my mom has a PHD from NYU and I watched her income and titles change pretty fast when she was done!
not worth it unless you want to be a professor first and a consultant second.
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