Florida Atlantic University: PhD in CS $34K

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Hello,
I'm in this program! I just read the above posts, and I can confirm that Pat, Steve, and Ifo are all correct. This is a major public research university with an incredible amount of research in many departments. Their research budget is exploding, so they're likely to be an R1 in the next Carnegie classification update. If anyone wants to know more from someone in the program, I'll try and answer.
I started this Spring. Application to the program was through their application portal. You need three letters of recommendation and official transcripts from your previous schools. So you need to apply a few weeks before the deadline to make sure they are in on time.
After my acceptance, I had an hour-long meeting with one of the associate deans to talk about the program, their research and my research interests. I really liked that they set up this meeting because that's how on-campus programs are. That is, you can make appointments with deans if you want to talk to them.  The lectures are on every other Saturday 9AM-5PM on campus but are also set up for students to conference in live. So clearly they're doing their best to make distance students feel like they're studying alongside on-campus students. Distance students are welcome to attend the lecture onsite. The dean told me that's highly encouraged because the professors are present and you can meet with them and talk about your research interests or anything else. That's pretty amazing that the professors will give up their Saturdays. What else? The class size. Only seven students in my class, so you'll be working very closely with your advisor and research team. After my meeting with the dean, I have in-depth info about rules for the qualifying exam and rules for dissertation, etc. but my post is getting too long. If anyone wants to know more, ask away!

Please tell me, what will the transcript say: PhD or Professional PhD?
I just got into the program   
I also got into Clarkson, but there is more research going on in FAU, and Clarkson is more expensive