Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA)

DePaul University

Applicants are required to have completed an MBA or master's degree.

Candidates for the Doctorate in Business Administration must fill out an online application and submit the following:

Two letters of recommendation submitted directly by the letter writers. Please identify the letter writers in the online application. We strongly encourage your letters of recommendation to evaluate attributes that make you a strong candidate for doctoral education at DePaul, such as intellectual curiosity, educational aptitude, professional maturity, teamwork, collegiality, persistence and/or conscientiousness.

A personal statement, not to exceed 1.5 pages, outlining professional and research goals.

Current resume.

Official transcripts for bachelor's and master's degrees. Both degrees must be from regionally accredited universities.

English proficiency

• TOEFL - 80 on the IBT TOEFL with no subsection lower than 17
• IELTS Academic - 6.5 on the IELTS Academic
• Duolingo English Test (DET) - 115 on the DET
• SAT - minimum evidence based reading and writing score of 540
• ACT - minimum reading score of 18 and English score of 20
• PTE Academic - minimum English academic score of 53
• Revised TOEFL Paper-delivered Test - 59 on the PdT overall with no subsection lower than 17