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The University of the Philippines Open University Doctorate of Communications and PhD in Education programs are actually quite interesting options. By virtue of being in the University of the Philippines system, it's very well regarded in Filipino circles.

UPOU will return a favourable evaluation result through WES. It was designed with overseas Filipinos in mind, and has a global asynchronous learning structure. Exams are completed over Google Meets.

It's not the cheapest option due to the Educational Development Fund for Non Filipino Students (adds about $4000 USD to the price of the ~$2000 USD doctorate paid by Filipino citizens), but it seems like a worthy contender to UCN?

The University of the Philippines is a university system comprised of several "autonomous" or independent universities.  It's no different than the US state university systems like University of California, UNC, SUNY etc.  Just like US university systems, each university within a system can vary in terms of curriculum, admissions standards, accreditation, etc.  

UP Open University is not well regarded by WES.  Its degrees are considered inferior to UP Diliman (the flagship campus).  Here's what the WES equivalency states for PhD at UP Diliman vs PhD at UP Open University.  In summary, even if some universities overseas share the same name or system, it does not mean WES will evaluate them as equivalent.

WES Degree Equivalency (source: https://applications.wes.org/degree-equivalency-tool/ )

Credential 1
Country of Education:     Philippines
Name of Degree:     Doctor of Philosophy
Name of Institution:    University of the Philippines, Diliman
Equivalency in U.S.:    Earned doctorate (Ph.D.)

Credential 2
Country of Education:     Philippines
Name of Degree:     Doctor of Philosophy
Name of Institution:    University of the Philippines, Open University
Equivalency in U.S.:    Master's degree