18 Online PhD programmes offered by universities in United States

Doctor of Nursing Practice
The Doctor of Nursing Practice programme from Pace University empowers you to evolve your clinical expertise and leadership skills while continuing your practice, so you graduate confident, capable, and ready to drive meaningful change in healthcare.
Leadership and Innovation
Innovative change in your organization starts here. Expand your leadership skills and create new solutions to persistent challenges. We offer a Leadership and Innovation degree at New York University.
Systems Science
The Systems Science program at Binghamton University offers a unique and internationally recognized curriculum that emphasizes faculty-student collaboration as well as teamwork across disciplines and various divisions of engineering, business and industry.
Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
The Women's Health Nurse Practitioner program at the University at Buffalo, is only offered as a post-master's DNP program.
Educational Administration
Educational Administration (EDA) at the University at Buffalo develops the intellectual, performance and moral capacity for leadership roles in school districts, colleges and universities, and in training and development programs for other public agencies.
Child Health Nurse Practitioner
The Child Health Nurse Practitioner (Post-MS) to DNP program from University at Buffalo is designed for specialty-certified, advanced-practice nurses to complete in a part-time and online format.
Adult, Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
The Adult, Gerontology Nurse Practitioner DNP program at the University at Buffalo prepares nurses for advanced practice to be competent in assessing and managing both health and illness states across the adult/older-adult age spectrum, and across the continuum of care from wellness to illness.
Occupational Therapy
The Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (PP-OTD) degree program at Binghamton University is for registered/licensed occupational therapists who already have a master’s degree and now want to earn a clinical doctorate.
Nurse Anesthesia
Our nurse anesthetist program at University at Buffalo prepares students for the challenges they'll face as Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA).
Social Welfare (Online)
Our Social Welfare (Online) program at University at Buffalo builds on the signature strengths of the School of Social Works' trauma-informed and human rights (TI-HR) perspective, and is aimed at experienced social workers with a desire to advance their professional practice.
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
The Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program at the University at Buffalo prepares advanced practice nurses for leadership and direct care roles in the planning and delivery of preventive, brief and long-term psychiatric/mental health care.
Higher Education Administration
Our Higher Education Administration EdD at New York University is a part-time cohort degree that focuses on issues of research utilization to inform professional practice.
Literacy
The Literacy Ph.D. program at the University at Albany prepares individuals for research and teaching positions at universities, colleges, community colleges, research institutions, policy centers, state education departments, and P-12 school districts.
Learning and Teaching in Social Contexts
This EdD Learning and Teaching in Social Contexts program at the University at Buffalo offers an applied, professional degree that teaches students how to solve problems and address challenges that education leaders face in diverse contexts.
Information Science
Our doctoral program in Information Science at the University at Buffalo will give you the opportunity to develop sophisticated quantitative and qualitative research skills to equip you to delve into the complex information problems facing humanity and contemporary organizations.
Occupational Therapy
At the Utica University we offer a degree in Occupational Therapy. We understand that working OTs need the flexibility of online learning for professional growth.
Nursing
The Nursing program from the University at Buffalo, is offered in a distance-accessible format using synchronously and asynchronously type format.
Curriculum and Instruction
Intensify your studies in educational practice and develop new theories of learning and teaching through rigorous research. In the PhD in Curriculum and Instruction program at the University at Albany, you actively engage in scholarly inquiry and collaborate with faculty on major research projects.