Graduate
Doctoral Programs
PHD IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
The PhD in Business Administration is our college’s flagship doctoral program, one to which we welcome you as a scholar-collaborator. You will work closely with our world-class faculty to build your own research catalog, one that will help inform business and society. Although we target academic research careers, our focus on rigorous critical and creative thinking prepares you for countless positions in our knowledge economy, including many in private industry and government.
DOCTOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
The Doctor of Business Administration degree is the original degree intended to qualify faculty members to perform research and teach at business schools. Over the past five years however, a new type of executive doctoral program has started to appear at AACSB-accredited institutions. The new DBA programs, such as the one USF offers, are designed for working professionals and tend to be pursued for different reasons.
PHD IN BIG DATA ANALYTICS
The PhD in Big Data Analytics is an interdisciplinary STEM PhD program focusing on systems and technologies for processing data and information. Unlike pure data science programs, this proposed program includes the human and social implications of information and technology, bringing in critical components of cognition, ethics, biases and storytelling into a strong, big data analytics curriculum.