Looking for ideas on my NCU PhD credits

[Albert Hidel]

I've got 21 credits from the NCU PhD program.

Not to rain on your parade, but I don't know any place that will give you more than a class or two credit toward a doctoral program. It would be a different story if you were looking to use them toward another masters.

Also, it's slim pickings for DL homeland security-type doctorates if you are trying to avoid the usual low-credibility suspects like NCU or TUI/Trident. Check Charles Sturt, which offers both a Doctor of Policing and Security and a PhD by distance learning.

If you can stand to do some residencies in New Jersey, check out the New Jersey City University DSc in Civil Security Leadership, Management and Policy (CSLMP).

And don't overlook the DETC-accredited Henley-Putnam Doctorate in Strategic Security. HP says they will transfer up to 15% of the required credits, but they match "on the basis of similar curriculum and if necessary, comparison of syllabi." Not knowing the specific courses you took at NCU it would be hard to guess, but I wouldn't expect more than a course at best would match anything in HP's doctoral curriculum.