> I don't understand. Do you imply that in the US any organization can grant a PhD to someone? And/or that there is no control over the requirements to meet to

> I don't understand. Do you imply that in the US any organization can grant a PhD to someone? And/or that there is no control over the requirements to meet to get a PhD? In the US, the big distinction is between accredited schools and unaccredited schools. Probably any organization could grant a piece of paper called a "PhD" to someone, but not every organization could claim to be accredited by a legitimate accreditor. My understanding is a lot of the online-only/for-profit schools are accreddited by less the rigorous "national" accreditors. The traditional regional accreditors are more focused on academics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_accreditation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_accreditation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_education_accreditation_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_education_accreditation...