Doctoral degree completion

Completing your doctoral program requirements in a timely manner has far-reaching benefits. Rather than prolonging the mental and financial stresses of a demanding workload, you can focus on launching your career, whether you choose to remain in academia or pursue work elsewhere.

We are providing this data so that you can better understand the average time doctoral students take to reach milestones such as candidacy and completion and to plan your own future.

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