&gt; I don&#x27;t understand. Do you imply that in the US any organization can grant a PhD to someone? And&#x2F;or that there is no control over the requirements to meet to get a PhD?<p>In the US, the big distinction is between accredited schools and unaccredited schools.  Probably any organization could grant a piece of paper called a &quot;PhD&quot; to someone, but not every organization could claim to be accredited by a legitimate accreditor.<p>My understanding is a lot of the online-only&#x2F;for-profit schools are accreddited by less the rigorous &quot;national&quot; accreditors.  The traditional regional accreditors are more focused on academics.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Regional_accreditation" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Regional_accreditation</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Higher_education_accreditation_in_the_United_States" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Higher_education_accreditation...</a>