Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

Overview of the Online Doctor of Business Administration Program

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) at Indiana Wesleyan University prepares students for careers in business education, consulting, and business leadership. This program is designed to help students create new knowledge and skills applicable for the global workplace, specifically in strategies for advanced change management and complex business problems. Its problem-based learning model is unique to DeVoe School of Business and features a doctoral project instead of a dissertation.

Integrate forward-thinking, team-based leadership practices into your career. Develop a worldview that will enrich your personal and professional life. Design solutions to real world problems. Study something you’re passionate about—choose from four specializations and make your DBA unique to you.

Specializations

Doctoral Completion Program

The Doctor of Business Administration Completion Program helps students, who have started but not finished a doctoral business or business related program, complete a DBA. This bridge program prepares students for careers in business education, consulting, and business leadership.

DBA Handbook

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You’ll Learn To…

  • Become a forward-thinking, virtuous business leader
  • Create ethical solutions to complex business problems
  • Synthesize and integrate research in education, consulting, and business leadership into your practice
  • Integrate a virtuous worldview into your personal and professional life

Career Options

  • Professor
  • Consultant
  • Business Leadership
  • Non-Profit Leadership

Accreditation

Indiana Wesleyan University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), www.hlcommission.org, 312-263-0456. Other accreditations and associations of Indiana Wesleyan University are available at www.indwes.edu/about/iwu-profile/accreditation.

After the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program was launched by the DeVoe School of Business, Technology & Leadership in the fall of 2019, it was recognized and accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (HLC).

After ensuring that HLC accreditation was in place, plans were developed for the DBA program to pursue initial accreditation by the Accreditation Council of Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). ACBSP requires all programs to be in existence for two years, have graduates, and ensure that operational, academic, assessment, and other continuous quality processes are in place before making application to start the official self-study process.

In light of these expectations from ACBSP, the academic leadership in the College of Adult and Professional Studies supports the ongoing planning and implementation of important academic and program continuous quality improvement processes to ensure readiness to apply for ACBSP accreditation. The pursuit of ACBSP accreditation was and continues to be on the planning roadmap for the program. Current students and program alumni please note that if a student graduates prior to DeVoe School of Business, Technology & Leadership receiving ACBSP accreditation for the DBA program, the student will be grandfathered in under the accredited program once accreditation is received.

If you have questions about the status of ACBSP accreditation efforts for the DBA program, please contact DBusAdmin@indwes.edu. 

*Effective 07-01-2023 through 06-30-2024