VUL DHA First on the list by Forbes as best online DHA in 2024

[bjcheung77]

In brief, I'm not a social justice warrior (never been to a rally for anything, not even an education or environmental rally), but I'd like to see changes that do benefit society as a whole... I mean, I see so many changes from institutions that do make sense, and many others that don't make sense at all. Degrees from institutions serve a purpose, if that fits your goal, go for it, otherwise I would go for something that suits you more...

[sanantone]

This ranking is a paid advertisement. How else can you explain the #1 spot?

Methodology:

Overall graduation rate - what is it?

Median earnings 10 years after graduation - the program hasn't been around 10 years

Affordability - it is cheap

Fully accredited - What does that even mean? You're either accredited or you're not. TRACS is still inferior to regional accreditation when it comes to acceptance.

Programmatic accreditation - VUL doesn't have programmatic accreditation.

[Sagan]

"Fully accredited - What does that even mean?"

Historically, it meant "accredited," as opposed to being an applicant or candidate for accreditation.

TRACS has a candidacy period.

[ashkir]

I don't regret going there at all. So pretty cool. 

Also, I kind of noticed, no employer even ever validated my degrees. Hah.

[Sagan]

Normally, one is either styled "Dr" OR uses the degree initials in a post-nominal fashion. But not both.

[Stonybeach]

First of all, I think it is important to differentiate between being number one on a "list" of schools and being "ranked number one!" I don't view the Forbes Advisor as a rank order list but as simply a listing of DHA schools, number 1 through 10, so it really appears nice to be listed first. Secondly, CAHME, a CHEA recognized program accreditor of healthcare administration programs, accredits many MHA programs, but interesting to note that very few DHA programs are programmatically accredited. https://advance.cahme.org/

My personal opinion is that VUL DHA has reached a price tag that is too high for a "TRACS-accredited" degree. There are regionally accredited alternatives that are priced reasonably if RA accreditation is an important factor in your decision-making process. With that said, I was pleased with the education, the price tag, and the employer tuition reimbursement I received. Obtaining an accredited doctoral degree at my age was always a goal. The position statement on accreditation from the US Department of Education helped me make the decision to pursue a doctorate from a nationally accredited school that I never would have considered previously.

[Hotdogman1]

DHA is his last name. Ashkir Richard DHA the third.

[Stonybeach]

I'm always surprised to see people use their real names on forums like this, or maybe it isn't a real name after all?

[ashkir]

Normally, one is either styled "Dr" OR uses the degree initials in a post-nominal fashion. But not both.

The reason I have all listed is simply because I did them all on this forum. My journey started on this forum. Every step is documented from my first college credit, to my first bachelors, to my first master's, to my second master's, to my doctorate. I documented my certification processes too. 

Instead of a long list in my signature I decided to throw them all in as an abbreviation.

[ss20ts]

I'm always surprised to see people use their real names on forums like this, or maybe it isn't a real name after all?

Ashkir is not his real name.