Online Doctorate Programs

A doctorate degree is awarded to someone who has completed the highest degree of study offered at a certain university for a particular field. Typically a doctorate degree is only conferred onto a student who has contributed original research to a certain field in the form of a doctoral thesis. Depending on the particular field of study, a doctorate degree can be awarded in the form of a PhD, or MD, or Doctor of Philosophy, or Doctor of Medicine, respectively. For those already in the workplace who want to earn a doctorate degree, there are distance learning colleges and universities that offer such programs online.