Colorado Technical University

As a college professor, what type of doctoral degree is needed?

In other words, if you are already teaching a subject with your masters, does it help/hurt you to get a doctoral degree in another field. For instance, if you are already teaching communication, would it help you (with tenure for instance) to get a degree in education for example?

Public Comments

1. It would likely help to have a PhD if you intend to tenure yourself or seek any departmental leadership.. It would be best to work on a PhD in your field of study.
2. If you want to be at the college level, you should get your doctoral degree in the field in which you want to teach and do research. Unless you want to teach in a school of education, it doesn't make sense to get a doctoral degree in education.