Pursue Your Personalized PhD at Fielding

At Fielding Graduate University, we bring the classroom to you. Our programs are designed for working professionals, so we understand your need for a flexible, accessible and high-quality education.

Our doctorate programs will help you develop the skills and knowledge you need to become a scholar-practitioner and make a difference in your life and the world. You’ll learn from expert faculty who are ready to share their knowledge and help you meet your educational and professional goals. Our doctorate programs include:

  • PhD in Human Development (virtual)
  • PhD Degree Completion Program (virtual)
  • PhD in Organizational Development & Change (virtual)

About Our PhD Programs

  • PhD in Human Development

    Our doctorate in human development program helps you support the positive development and well-being of individuals by analyzing multidisciplinary perspectives. This program will help you advance your career and allows you to personalize your degree with a wide range of electives to choose from.

    Explore our HD PhD

  • PhD Degree Completion Program

    If you have completed doctoral credits within the last eight years, you may be a candidate for Fielding’s doctoral completion program. You may transfer up to 40 credits, and we’ll work with you personally to create your degree plan.

    Learn More About Completing Your PhD

  • PhD in Organizational Development & Change

    Our PhD in Organizational Development & Change is a multidisciplinary degree that will help you bring positive change to your community. With support from your dedicated faculty, you’ll be able to pursue your interests through your dissertation and develop customized learning plans to meet your unique goals.

    Explore our OD & Change PhD

We Put You First

This is your educational journey, and we’re here to support you from consideration through graduation. We provide a learner-centered graduate education that helps you in pursuing your goals on your terms. Our relationship starts when you attend an info session to meet faculty and potential peers in your program of interest. From the start, we get to know you personally so we can understand who you are and how we can best support you.

Explore Upcoming Info Sessions

Fielding is one of the few accredited institutions where your education can be guided by your individual passions.

Dr. Gordon Goodman, Los Angeles

It wasn't just theory based, they had the practical experience and they would share with us. They would tell us about their work and share their experience with us and help us work through some of the questions we had about real life.

Amy Allen, Class of 2023

We had a really small cohort, and so it felt like [...] you just got more individual attention. It felt like you can just build relationships here. We were able to build some great relationships with our cohort through working on projects together.

Josie Villa, Class of 2023

I'm so glad that I was with Fielding because they were accommodating, helpful, responsive. Everybody was, whether it was financial aid or the library or the instructors, everyone was very helpful.

Amy Allen, Class of 2023

An Affordable Foundation for Your Future

At Fielding Graduate University, we keep our tuition reasonable and provide a world-class education that will help you advance in your field. We do understand that affording your graduate education can be intimidating, but we’re here to help. We offer a wide variety of internal scholarships – including scholarships for members of the U.S. military and veterans – and offer a comprehensive list of loans, grants, scholarships and funding organizations to help you get started on your search.

You don’t have to plan alone. Fielding Graduate University has financial advisors who are happy to connect with you and discuss your funding options.

Learn More About Financial Aid

Supporting Your Journey: From Dissertation to Real-World Impact

At Fielding Graduate University, we take a student-centered approach to education, so you will have a designated mentor to support you through your work. We understand your education should be personal to your interests, so your research is unique to you and not determined by your mentor's area of study. If your interests blend between disciplines, your dedicated faculty will work across programs to support you.

We also have a variety of student support services, including our Student Assistance Program, wellness resources, financial literacy education and academic coaching services.

Explore Student Support

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About Our PhD Programs

  • PhD in Human Development

    Our doctorate in human development program helps you support the positive development and well-being of individuals by analyzing multidisciplinary perspectives. This program will help you advance your career and allows you to personalize your degree with a wide range of electives to choose from.

    Explore our HD PhD

  • PhD Degree Completion Program

    If you have completed doctoral credits within the last eight years, you may be a candidate for Fielding’s doctoral completion program. You may transfer up to 40 credits, and we’ll work with you personally to create your degree plan.

    Learn More About Completing Your PhD

  • PhD in Organizational Development & Change

    Our PhD in Organizational Development & Change is a multidisciplinary degree that will help you bring positive change to your community. With support from your dedicated faculty, you’ll be able to pursue your interests through your dissertation and develop customized learning plans to meet your unique goals.

    Explore our OD & Change PhD

We Put You First

This is your educational journey, and we’re here to support you from consideration through graduation. We provide a learner-centered graduate education that helps you in pursuing your goals on your terms. Our relationship starts when you attend an info session to meet faculty and potential peers in your program of interest. From the start, we get to know you personally so we can understand who you are and how we can best support you.

Explore Upcoming Info Sessions

Fielding is one of the few accredited institutions where your education can be guided by your individual passions.

Dr. Gordon Goodman, Los Angeles

It wasn't just theory based, they had the practical experience and they would share with us. They would tell us about their work and share their experience with us and help us work through some of the questions we had about real life.

Amy Allen, Class of 2023

We had a really small cohort, and so it felt like [...] you just got more individual attention. It felt like you can just build relationships here. We were able to build some great relationships with our cohort through working on projects together.

Josie Villa, Class of 2023

I'm so glad that I was with Fielding because they were accommodating, helpful, responsive. Everybody was, whether it was financial aid or the library or the instructors, everyone was very helpful.

Amy Allen, Class of 2023

An Affordable Foundation for Your Future

At Fielding Graduate University, we keep our tuition reasonable and provide a world-class education that will help you advance in your field. We do understand that affording your graduate education can be intimidating, but we’re here to help. We offer a wide variety of internal scholarships – including scholarships for members of the U.S. military and veterans – and offer a comprehensive list of loans, grants, scholarships and funding organizations to help you get started on your search.

You don’t have to plan alone. Fielding Graduate University has financial advisors who are happy to connect with you and discuss your funding options.

Learn More About Financial Aid

Supporting Your Journey: From Dissertation to Real-World Impact

At Fielding Graduate University, we take a student-centered approach to education, so you will have a designated mentor to support you through your work. We understand your education should be personal to your interests, so your research is unique to you and not determined by your mentor's area of study. If your interests blend between disciplines, your dedicated faculty will work across programs to support you.

We also have a variety of student support services, including our Student Assistance Program, wellness resources, financial literacy education and academic coaching services.

Explore Student Support

Ready to Apply?

Apply now to become a member of our community of scholar-practitioners and advance your future.

  • No GRE scores required
  • Priority scholarship consideration
  • Admissions decision for most programs in two weeks

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