Executive Doctorate in Business Administration, EDBA
Looking to advance your career in the corporate world or bring genuine innovation to your business? Roosevelt’s Executive Doctorate in Business Administration program is designed for executives, senior professionals and entrepreneurs who want to scale new ventures or enhance their approach to leadership. Our curriculum provides you with practical, in-demand skills to face contemporary business challenges.
This 60-hour, three-year program is designed for working professionals and blends online coursework with in-person executive residencies that allow you to maintain your full-time career. Through applied coursework and a required Dissertation in Practice, you’ll develop research-based solutions to a real-world business challenge while continuing your professional career.
Why Roosevelt for Your Executive Doctorate in Business Administration?
Executive-Focused DBA Degree
Roosevelt’s DBA program will expand your expertise and prepare you to tackle challenges faced by modern c-suite leaders. Our core curriculum will teach you to manage risk, leverage digital engagement, optimize value change and integrate emerging technology such as artificial intelligence.
Specialized Concentrations
Tailor your experience by selecting specializations aligned with your professional goals, with concentrations that include:
- Cybersecurity
- Human Resource Management
- Business Analytics
- Marketing
Research Opportunities
Executive DBA students apply research to real organizational and business challenges. Capstone coursework helps students identify and frame a problem, develop their research approach, and prepare for the required Dissertation in Practice. Working with faculty guidance, students complete and defend a doctoral project that connects rigorous research with practical impact.
Is a DBA degree worth it?
Completing a DBA program is absolutely worth it if you want to stand out as a true expert—opening doors to senior executive roles, higher earning potential and opportunities to lead transformational business solutions. It gives you the research-driven, boardroom-ready credibility that sets you apart in a competitive marketplace.
Does the DBA program require a dissertation?
Yes. Students are required to complete a Dissertation in Practice. This applied doctoral project uses research to address a real-world business or organizational challenge. Capstone coursework supports the development of the project; it does not replace the Dissertation in Practice.
What can you do with a Doctorate in Business Administration?
With a DBA degree, you can advance into executive leadership, become a high level consultant, teach at the university level or lead data driven strategy and innovation initiatives. It equips you to solve complex business challenges and influence organizational decisions at the highest level.
