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DOCTOR OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES (DPS)

Our hybrid program is designed for leaders ready to shape the future of business

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Pace University’s executive doctoral program—the Doctor of Professional Studies (DPS) from the Lubin School of Business—is built for senior professionals seeking to deepen their expertise, expand their influence, and transition into leadership roles in business, academia, or consulting. This flexible, research-driven program allows you to advance your career while continuing to work full-time.

Program highlights:

  • Designed for experienced professionals with a master’s degree and 10+ years of experience
  • Combines in-person seminars and online coursework for maximum flexibility
  • Cohort-based structure fosters lasting professional connections and collaboration
  • Curriculum covers finance, economics, management, marketing, and international business, with opportunities to specialize
  • Emphasizes applied research and advanced problem-solving
  • Learn from expert faculty and peers who are leaders in their fields
  • AACSB-accredited, ensuring the highest academic standards in business education
  • Build a path to executive leadership, consulting, or academic teaching and research

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How to Apply Admission Process Curriculum

168,000
Launch your career by connecting with our network of 168,000 alumni
100%
of Pace doctoral graduates are employed or continuing their education or service.
$334,000
median total pay for Chief Strategy Officer in United States (source: salary.com)

Career Path of Doctoral Program Graduate

  • Tenure-track professorship
  • Clinical professorship
  • Academic administration
  • Consulting
  • Continuation in pre-existing career path

Where are DPS Graduates Employed

  • Exxon-Mobil
  • Fairleigh Dickinson University
  • Fordham University
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Hofstra University
  • HBO
  • IBM
  • JPMorganChase
  • Madison Square Garden
  • MasterCard International
  • Merrill Lynch
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Pfizer
  • PwC
  • Scholastic
  • Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
  • Time Warner
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"This is a program that can help you achieve your goals in the workplace or in academia. The professors are terrific. They have tremendous backgrounds—PhDs from leading universities—but more than that, because they're active in the New York business community, they understand the working world, and because they're in this program, they work with professionals, and they know how to get the best out of you."

– —Stephen Bear, Career Coach, Stephen Bear Consulting LLC
Pace University

About the Lubin School of Business

For over a century, the globally recognized and prestigiously accredited Lubin School of Business has been preparing graduates for rewarding employment and upward mobility.

Whether online or at Pace’s suburban or downtown campuses, the Lubin School of Business integrates New York City’s business world into a life-changing, experience-based education implemented by one of the region’s largest co-op programs.

Explore your academic and professional opportunities with a master’s degree from the Lubin School of Business.

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