Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.): also known as a Doctor of Philosophy, the Ph.D. is the highest degree students can earn. At this level, the focus is on advancing knowledge through original research. The doctoral degree classification includes Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Doctor of Public Health, Doctor of Nursing Science (D. NSc.), Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in fields as diverse as astronomy, the arts and business, to food technology, education, engineering, public administration, and many more.
Careers Requiring Doctoral Degrees
- Accountants and auditors
- Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors
- Budget analysts
- Chief executives
- Chief Sustainability Officers
- Child, family, and school social workers
- Civil engineers
- Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists
- Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists
- Computer and information systems managers
- Computer systems analysts
- Education administrators
- Educational, vocational, and school counselors
- Electrical engineers
- Engineering managers
- English language and literature teachers, postsecondary
- General and operations managers
- Health educators
- Industrial-organizational psychologists
- Law teachers, postsecondary
- Lawyers
- Management analysts
- Marriage and family therapists
- Medical and health services managers
- Medical and public health social workers
- Mental health counselors
- Natural sciences managers
- Network systems and data communications analysts
- Sales engineers
- Sales managers
- Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school
- Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
- Training and development managers
- Vocational education teachers, postsecondary