Question by Kirsten: How many years is a doctoral degree?
Also what about masters, bachelors and any other degrees. I want a certain career and i looked it up and it mostly needs a doctoral degree.
Also would be studing history to be a historian.
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Answer by Susan
It depends on what you are studying. A typical full-time PhD will take you three years. I’m sure some sciences etc will take longer though. You finish when you finish! When I was at uni, there was a woman in my residence who had been doing hers for over 20 years and she still wasn’t finished it.
As for other undergraduate degrees. Mine took 4 years – because it was a language degree and that takes an extra year. Most science and arts subjects will take you three years. A Masters will take you an extra year or two usually. You can’t generalise.
Dentistry will take 5 years. Medicine will take 7. Law will take 3, but then you need another year at law college and 2 years training with a firm.
What is the ‘certain career’ you’re looking at?
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Oh that’s ok then! Three years for your first degree, and then three years to get your PhD. That’s what I’d say.
My husband got his degree and then got hired by the university to teach, while he studied for his PhD. If you’re good, sometimes they want to keep you!
2 Comments on "Is it possible to get my masters and Ph D while in the Air Force?"
The military will pay for it all. Your problem would be time management, though. It’d be encouraged unless your performance slipped due to lack of sleep, et cetera.
You can certainly get your Master’s in four years, and the AF will help you pay for it. But why go in enlisted if you already have a bachelor’s degree? You’d make way more money as an officer.
Ph.Ds typically require 78-96 semester credit hours. That is an awful lot of school to complete while working full-time. You better plan on it taking at least six years, maybe more.
And yes, the Air Force will help you pay for your masters, but not your doctorate.