While the Ph.D. is the most common doctoral degree in the United States, the U.S. Department of Education and the National Science Foundation recognize numerous reserach-oriented doctoral degrees such as the D.A. as "equivalent", and do not discriminate between them.
While the Ph.D. is the most common doctoral degree in the United States, it is often misunderstood to be synonymous with the term "doctorate". The U.S. Department of Education and the National Science Foundation recognize numerous reserach-oriented doctoral degrees such as the D.A. as "equivalent", and do not discriminate between them.