
A Doctorate degree from Los Angeles University can help you fulfill your lifelong goal of receiving a PhD in your chosen career. A PhD gives you the credentials to teach, conduct research, publish, or consult. It gives you and your employer or clients an extra boost of confidence that you are an expert in your field.  Showcase your expertise and command the respect and career advancement you deserve.
If you have 8 years of accumulated education, life, work, or military experience, you may qualify for a Doctorate degree.  We can help you figure out if your previous experience qualifies you for a Doctorate degree from LAU.  When you apply for a Doctorate degree, you will start working with one of our educational consultants to ascertain if you have 8 years of qualifying experience.
What qualifies as “experience?”
Previous experience may include prior work experience, prior educational classes, military training, professional training and workshops, participation in professional organizations, volunteer activities, community service, independent learning, and more.  Not sure if you qualify? Simply ask us if your life experience qualifies you for a Doctorate degree from LAU.
You can choose from over 150 doctorate degrees at Los Angeles University:
- Accounting
- Actuarial Science
- Advertising
- African American and African Studies
- Agribusiness Management
- Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Animal Science
- Animal Science-Environmental Toxicology
- Anthropology
- Apparel and Textiles
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Applied Engineering Sciences
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Statistics
- Arabic
- Art Education
- Art History and Visual Culture
- Arts and Cultural Management
- Arts and Humanities
- Astrophysics
- Astrophysics and Astronomy
- Athletic Training
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Biotechnology
- Biomedical Laboratory Science
- Biostatistics
- Biosystems Engineering
- Business Analytics
- Business Information Systems
- Business Research
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemical Physics
- Chemistry
- Child Development
- Chinese
- Civil Engineering
- Clinical Laboratory Sciences
- Communication
- Community Sustainability
- Comparative Cultures and Politics
- Comparative Medicine and Integrative Biology
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- Construction Management
- Criminal Justice
- Critical Studies in Literacy and Pedagogy
- Crop and Soil Sciences
- Curriculum, Instruction and Teacher Education
- Dietetics
- Digital Humanities
- Earth Science
- Economics
- Education
- Education (Elementary)
- Educational Policy
- Educational Psychology
- Educational Technology
- Electrical Engineering
- Engineering Mechanics
- English
- Environmental Biology
- Environmental Design
- Environmental Economics and Policy
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Geosciences
- Environmental Studies and Sustainability
- Family Community Services
- Film Studies
- Finance
- Food Industry Management
- Food Safety and Toxicology
- Food Science
- Food-service Business Management
- Foreign Language Teaching
- Forensic Science
- Forestry
- French, Language and Literature
- General Management
- Genetics
- Genomics & Molecular Genetics
- Geographic Information Science
- Geography
- Geological Sciences
- German Studies
- Hispanic Cultural Studies
- Hispanic Literatures
- History
- History Education
- Horticulture
- Hospitality Business Management
- Human Biology
- Human Nutrition
- Human Resource Management
- Human Resources and Labor Relations
- Interior Design
- International Planning Studies
- International Public Health
- International Relations
- Japanese
- Jazz Studies
- Journalism
- K-12 Educational Administration
- Landscape Architecture
- Large Animal Clinical Sciences
- Linguistics
- Literature in English
- Marketing
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mathematics
- Mathematics Education
- Measurement and Quantitative Methods
- Mechanical Engineering
- Media and Information Studies
- Microbiology
- Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Music
- Music Composition
- Music Conducting
- Music Education
- Music Theory
- Nutritional Sciences
- Organizational Behavior-Human Resource Management
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Physiology
- Planning, Design & Construction
- Plant Biology
- Plant Pathology
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Public Health Administration
- Public Health Informatics
- Public Policy
- Public Relations
- Rehabilitation Counseling
- Religious Studies
- Russian
- School Psychology
- Science Education
- Second Language Studies
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Special Education
- Statistics
- Studio Art
- Teaching and Curriculum
- Teaching and Learning in Postsecondary Education
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media
- Theater
- Urban and Regional Planning
- Urban Education
- Veterinary Technology
- Women’s and Gender Studies
- Zoology
