About the Personal Financial Planning Doctoral Program
The School of Personal Financial Planning supervises degree programs leading to the Doctor of Philosophy in Personal Financial Planning. Students must earn a B or better in courses transferred into the degree program. Ph.D. students are required to earn a B or better in all courses counted toward their degree.
This doctoral degree requires a minimum of 60 semester hours of graduate work beyond the bachelor’s degree, exclusive of credit for the dissertation. Up to 28 hours of leveling classes may be required for students who have not completed a CFP Board-Registered financial planning program (25 hours) and a statistics course that equips the student to pass a leveling statistics examination (3 hours). Students develop their courses of study in consultation with a graduate advisory committee. Following the completion of introductory (foundations), skills (statistics and theory), and application (research) collateral coursework, a qualifying examination for admission to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree will be conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Graduate School.
Admission. Applicants may apply to a graduate program by visiting the Graduate School website or by visiting the School of Personal Financial Planning website. Applicants will have two options to choose from when completing their application: on-campus and synchronous online. If a student chooses the synchronous online option and is participating in a dual-degree program, there may still be an on-campus requirement for the courses required outside the School of Personal Financial Planning.
Contact: Dr. Stuart Heckman, 806.834.0979, stuart.j.heckman@ttu.edu; or Esmeralda Torres, 806.834.1115, esmeralda.torres@ttu.edu
