Online Ph.D. Degree Programs

3 Degrees, 10 Concentrations

Trident University offers online Ph.D. Degrees in three disciplines: Educational Leadership, Health Sciences, and Business Administration. These are academic research Ph.D.’s and require a written exam and an oral defense as well as a dissertation for degree completion. All students are required to complete five research method courses and two to three theory courses in their field. In addition, they will complete four concentration courses choosing four elective courses from their concentration of choice. Concentration offerings are listed below

College of Business Administration

Doctor of Philosophy (PhDBA)

Available Concentrations

• Accounting / Finance
• Information Systems / IT Management
• Management / Organizations
• Marketing

College of Health Sciences

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D. HS)

• Health Care Administration
• International Health / Practitioner
• International Health / Educator Researcher

College of Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D. EL)

• E-Learning
• Higher Education Leadership
• K-12 Leadership

Admission Requirements

All applicants to the Ph.D. Programs at TUI are required to posses the following:

• Have an earned Master's degree from an accredited college or university with at least 30 graduate level semester credits.
• Have a grade point average of 3.4 (on a 4.0 scale) on all work completed during the Master's degree. An official transcript of all prior academic work must be submitted.
• Possess analytical and critical thinking skills sufficient to deal with the doctoral program, demonstrated by a sample of research or academic publication. Must submit a sample of research oriented writing, or publication.
• Possess writing and oral communication skills sufficient to conduct and deliver the results of meaningful research. Must submit an essay that includes current personal, intellectual and professional interests and why the student applies to the degree at TUI.
• Submit a current Curriculum Vita (Resume).
• Possess information technology skills sufficient to effectively participate in the TUI Ph.D. pedagogical model.
• Possess Internet skills sufficient to effectively conduct research at a Ph.D. level.
• Have successfully completed, with a grade of B or better, at least one course in Research Methods or Statistics at the Master’s or higher level. If a student does not meet the research requirement, it can be met by successfully completing a Research Methods course from the TUI Masters program with a grade of B or better. This course will be considered a prerequisite and not included in the total number of Ph.D. course units required by the student's degree plan.
• International students must have minimum TOEFL of 550/213/79

*You may apply only once to the TUI PhD program, if denied no additional applications to the same program will be accepted.

Transfer Policies

TUI accepts no more than four semester credits of Doctoral level credits from regionally accredited doctoral granting institutions provided the transferred course meets the same content standards as the TUI course.