Aviation Business Administration

The Doctor of Aviation Business Administration is designed to challenge your knowledge while providing valuable insights into various aviation business industries. Spanning 62 credit hours including two residencies of 1 credit hour each, the program can be completed in as few as three and a half years.

The program breakdown includes:

• Doctoral residencies - 2 credit hours
• Foundations of Business Administration - 12 credit hours
• Research Skills in Aviation & Aerospace - 12 credit hours
• Doctoral seminars and dissertation - 36 credit hours
• Total credit hours: 62 credit hours

If you've completed your MBA at an Embry-Riddle campus or taken qualified graduate courses at other institutions, you may be able to transfer some of your credits toward this program. For additional information about the program, you can contact the doctoral program office at dbdavbua@erau.edu.

Residency

As part of your journey, you'll be required to complete two residencies at the Daytona Beach Campus, each worth one credit hour. These residencies are scheduled for mid-August and last approximately one week.

Application

The application for the Doctor in Aviation Business Administration is competitive, and you should plan accordingly. Admissions occur only during the fall term each year, with your first residency taking place in August.

Both domestic and international students with a prior master’s degree are eligible to apply. For full consideration, make sure to submit your application by May 1. Remember, only completed applications will be reviewed, so carefully study the requirements.

Here’s your checklist for applying:

• Superior academic records, as determined by the O'Maley College of Business Doctoral Program committee.
• Master's degree in business administration or closely related discipline. 
• Have taken either the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or Graduate Record Examination (GRE) within the last five years and have acceptable scores on both quantitative and verbal sections as determined by the Doctoral Program committee.
• Note: Applicants with significant professional experience and strong academic background could request a waiver at the discretion of the Doctoral Program Coordinator.
• International applicants who have not graduated from an English educational system within the last two years or for whom English is not the primary language must submit official TOEFL, IELTS or Cambridge scores. The preferred scores for admissions are as follows: TOEFL - 213 (computer-based), 550 (paper-based) or 79 (IBT Internet-based); IELTS - 6.0; and Cambridge - 170.
• Two letters of recommendation.
• Resume with detailed education and work experience.
• Statement of research interest in an aviation business discipline.
• Complete application package including a statement of purpose, official transcripts and Foreign Credential Evaluation for all schools outside of the U.S.

Transcripts and test scores must be officially sent from the institution or testing service to: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, International and Graduate Admissions, 1 Aerospace Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900. Educational Testing Service (ETS) should send GMAT or GRE scores to Embry-Riddle at school code 5190. All other documents can be emailed to graduate.admissions@erau.edu. Please send documents in PDF format.

Once applications are evaluated, finalists will participate in an online interview with the Ph.D. program committee members. The committee will assess students’ motivations, research interests and academic desires.

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