Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

A Doctorate is the highest academic degree awarded by universities in most fields of study. It involves several years of rigorous research, culminating in a dissertation that contributes new knowledge ...

With five years of experience as a writer and editor in the higher education and career development space, Ilana has a passion for creating accessible, relevant content that demystifies the higher-ed ...

Officials at Cal State Bakersfield are celebrating the launch of the university’s second doctoral program in its 55-year history, a doctor of nursing practice. The need is great: Kern County is a ...

The University of California San Francisco is ending its master’s program for nurse midwives and moving to a doctorate program — and critics say it could make it harder for new midwives to enter the ...

The Department of Communication at the University of Delaware offers a doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) degree that allows students to continue to build their knowledge about the field of communication ...

A new donation from the Thelma B. and Thomas P. Hart Foundation supports the expansion of a dual-degree M.D./Ph.D. program at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med). The program ...

With internationally recognized faculty and a strong commitment to its graduate program, the Department of Applied Mathematics at CU Boulder strives to provide graduate students a high quality ...