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Accelerated Online Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA)

DBADBAEnglish-taughtDoctor of Business Administration

Overview

A 55-credit-hour, 100% online applied DBA run as a cohort in ten-week terms, with a doctoral research project in place of a traditional dissertation; tuition is $825 per credit hour.

Official program name
Accelerated Online Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA)
Awarded degree
Doctor of Business Administration
Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Degree level
Doctoral — DBA (professional doctorate)
Awarding institution
Bellevue University — College of Business
Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Location
Bellevue, Nebraska, United StatesWhere the institution or the unit that runs the program is based. Study is online; this is not a residency requirement and does not decide whether you may enroll.
Subject
Credits
55 total credit hoursUS credit hours — not directly comparable with other credit systems.
Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Duration
as few as three years (Requires satisfactory grades and completing all terms sequentially)A minimum under the stated conditions, not a typical length.
Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Start terms
September
Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Language of instruction
EnglishEvidence: the program is offered and assessed in English as published; a module-by-module language statement is not published.
Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Why this program is listed

Applied DBA stated as 100% online with no required class times or campus visits.

Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026

We list English-taught online bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in business subjects, awarded by institutions with legal recognition in their country. Eligibility rules

Online format and attendance

“Online” is not one format. Delivery, campus attendance, placements, schedule and time zones are shown separately, each only as the institution states it.
Academic delivery
Fully onlineAll teaching is online and the institution states no required on-site activity for this program.All teaching is online and the institution states no required on-site activity for this program.
Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Campus visits
No campus visits required
Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Placement / internship
Placement requirement: not verified
Class schedule
Asynchronous
Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Study intensity
Not verified

Curriculum

Project

  • Doctoral research project begun in the first year in place of a traditional dissertation.
    Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Academic calendar

  • Ten-week terms with two-week breaks; cohort format.
    Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Admissions

Required, optional, waiver-available and not-required items are shown exactly as the institution states them. Anything not listed is not verified — not “not required”.
Prior degree / qualification
RequiredCompleted graduate degree with minimum 3.0 GPA
Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Credit transfer
Not verifiedDoctoral credit from other institutions typically not accepted in transfer
Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Personal statement
Required1,000-word statement
Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026
CV / résumé
RequiredResume showing 5 years professional experience
Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Tests

GMAT/GRE and English-language test policy: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate admission chances.

Start dates and deadlines

Dates are shown with the intake the institution printed. A past date is marked passed and is never carried into a new cycle.

Application deadlines: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Tuition and fees

Each amount keeps its published currency, fee category, academic year and basis. Nothing is converted; figures on different bases or in different currencies are not comparable, and tuition is not the full cost of study.
CategoryAmountBasis and year
All online studentsFrom the institution-wide rate table covering online students at this levelUS$825USDper credit · 2026-27Estimated tuitionUS$45,375 = 55 US credit hours × US$825 per credit. Excludes mandatory fees, books, travel for any required attendance, credit transfer reductions and rate changes. Not the full cost of study.Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Other published fees

Doctoral Application (non-refundable; waived for Alumni)
US$100Mandatory
Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026
General College fee
US$300 per termMandatory
Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Scholarships and financial aid

Awards published by the institution for this program or for online students at this level. Loans must be repaid and are not scholarships; financial aid availability does not make a program “fully funded”. Scholarships & funding guide

  • Military Preferred rate Tuition discount

    $250 per credit hour

    Eligibility: Degree-seeking active-duty members of the U.S. Military, National Guard, Reserve and Coast Guard, and their spouses (undergraduate, certificate programs)

    Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution-wide awards are listed because they cover online students at this level; eligibility conditions apply.

Recognition, accreditation and eligibility

Separate questions: is the awarding institution legally recognized to award this degree, is the business school accredited, and who may enroll in this online program?

Legal recognition of Bellevue University

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — Accredited · since January 1, 1977 · next review 08/31/2035

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Authority in United States

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Business-school and program accreditation

  • International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE)

    Business-school accreditation — Accredited

    “College of Business business programs accredited by IACBE”

    Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Held by the business school. A school-level accreditation does not by itself mean that every program is covered.

Recognition in the institution's own country does not guarantee that the degree is recognized for employment, licensing or further study everywhere. Check with the relevant body where you plan to use it.

International applicants

  • Online degrees are listed for international students; international online tuition is $459 per undergraduate credit hour.Source: bellevue.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages below. Last verified October 12, 2026.
  1. DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — Government dataset (US Department of Education IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  2. bellevue.edu/about/accreditations-and-awards/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  3. bellevue.edu/programs/doctoral-degrees/business-administration/online-accelerated/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  4. bellevue.edu/tuition-and-aid/tuition-rates-and-fees/ — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 12, 2026

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