The U.S. Department of Education and the National Science Foundation recognize numerous non-professional, research-oriented doctoral degrees (such as the Doctor of Liberal Studies) that require a dissertation or corresponding project as equivalent to the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and does not discriminate between them.
The U.S. Department of Education and the National Science Foundation recognize non-professional, research-oriented doctoral degrees like the Doctor of Liberal Studies as equivalent to the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and do not discriminate between them.