Applied Behavior Analysis (Ph.D.): Organizational Behavior Science Track
Program Overview
Where the science of behavior meets business.
What drives people to make decisions? How can organizations improve performance, strengthen leadership, and create safer, more effective workplaces? The answers begin with understanding human behavior.
Endicott College's Ph.D. in Applied Behavior Analysis with a track in Organizational Behavior Science bridges behavioral science and business practice. Designed for behavior analysts seeking to expand their expertise beyond traditional clinical settings, as well as for professionals in operations, human resources, and workplace safety, this doctoral program explores how the principles of behavior analysis can address real-world organizational challenges.
Through coursework in business ethics, technology, financial strategy, data analytics, and behavioral economics, students gain a deeper understanding of how people, systems, and organizations function. Learn to apply evidence-based approaches to improve employee performance, inform business decisions, strengthen organizational systems, and lead change.
Delivered entirely online through live, synchronous classes, the 60-credit program is designed for professionals who want to advance their education while continuing their careers. Students also gain hands-on experience through a mentored organizational project, doctoral immersions, and original dissertation research.
Program Features
- Connect Behavioral Science With Business Strategy: Explore how the principles of applied behavior analysis can inform commercial and financial strategy, organizational decision-making, and business operations.
- Lead People and Improve Systems: Develop expertise in supervision, collaboration, consultation, and behavioral systems analysis to help organizations improve performance and navigate complex challenges.
- Make Data-Informed Decisions: Study business data analytics, human decision-making, and behavioral economics to better understand how behavior influences organizational outcomes.
- Build Safer, More Effective Workplaces: Examine occupational health and safety through a behavioral science lens, exploring how organizations can strengthen workplace practices and improve employee well-being.
- Apply What You Learn: Translate theory into practice through a mentored organizational project that involves designing, implementing, and evaluating an initiative with measurable outcomes. Doctoral immersions and dissertation research further develop students' ability to apply behavioral science to organizational challenges.
- Advance Your Education While You Work: Pursue your Ph.D. through a fully online program with an expected completion time of three years, designed to accommodate professionals balancing careers and doctoral studies.
Doctoral Admission Requirements
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Faculty
Endicott’s ABA Program is led by Mary Jane Weiss, the Dean of the Institute for Applied Behavioral Science, who brings exceptional knowledge and an extensive background in ABA to our students. You will learn from expert, approachable adjunct faculty who share their real-world experience in the classroom, and teach both the technical and soft skills you need to make an impact in the field.
Organizational Careers for Behavior Analysts Are Growing
The behavior analysis workforce is rapidly growing given the expanding value of behavior-analytic application across industries. Organizations in every industry need people who can change what employees do at work and show the results in data. The Organizational Behavior Science Track prepares behavior analysts to lead that work in business settings.
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Contributing Factors
As of July 2026, there were 85,587 Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs), an 85% increase since 2020. Most of that workforce grew out of clinical services funded by insurance. Many experienced BCBAs now run operations, regional teams or entire companies. They are doing human resources, finance and operations work they were never trained for.
Organizations need that expertise too. U.S. organizations spent $102.8 billion on training in 2025. Work injuries cost the U.S. economy $176.5 billion in 2023. Both are behavior change problems.
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Increased Demand
Business is the fastest-growing field in U.S. doctoral education. Most of that growth is in practitioner doctorates for working professionals.
The careers these graduates are prepared for are growing as well. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 9% growth for management analysts through 2034, with about 98,100 openings each year.
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Potential Careers
Behavior analysts who complete the track are prepared to:
- Lead behavior-based safety programs in manufacturing, mining, energy, construction and other high-risk industries
- Direct training and development systems that make new skills last on the job
- Build and grow companies in and outside of clinical services
- Run operations, human resources and people functions in behavior-analytic organizations
- Consult with organizations on performance, leadership and coaching systems
- Lead performance improvement as an internal behavioral systems analyst
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Where Graduates Work
The program is fully online, so you can apply what you learn wherever you live and work. Behavior science applies anywhere people work. Graduates can bring it to manufacturing, clinics, mining, energy, maritime, construction, healthcare and countless other industries globally.
What Sets Endicott Apart
The Endicott ABA program is one of the premier programs in the country, working in cutting-edge areas that are highly impactful and recognized in the field as important examples of advancing science.
The program teaches the technical side of the science but also focuses on developing the interpersonal skills—collaboration, compassion, cultural responsiveness—that are crucial to becoming effective and supportive partners for the individuals you will work with.
It is our unique curriculum, our deeply knowledgeable and approachable faculty, and our ethical and humane program, led by ABA expert Mary Jane Weiss, that make Endicott one of the leading ABA programs in the U.S.
Flexible, Online, and Tailored to Your Schedule
Endicott’s graduate program is online, flexible, and tailored to your schedule, and you will learn from highly skilled adjunct faculty with real-world experience.
Mary Jane Weiss, Dean of the Institute for Applied Behavioral Science, describes Endicott’s unique program design: “We have created a program that works for people who have so much to offer the field, and our job as the instructional designers and instructors is to make this a high-quality educational experience, and to infuse those active instructional opportunities and high-quality discussions into the course, regardless of the format. I think it’s created an incredibly vibrant and varied intellectual experience for everyone.”
Learn More About Endicott
Enrolling in graduate studies at Endicott means you’re not just a number. You will receive personalized attention throughout your entire enrollment:
- Pre-registration: get guidance from our helpful Admission staff on the right program for you, as well as advice on tuition and financial aid.
- During your courses: connect with professors and peers and access unique experiential learning opportunities.
- Approaching graduation and beyond: gain career and networking support to help you get where you want to go, now and into the future.
Endicott’s graduate programs are taught by highly skilled faculty who have practiced the work they teach and bring real-world experience to your studies, so you don’t just learn from a book; you learn best practices from real-world practitioners.
You will benefit from unique hands-on learning experiences and get the Endicott Experiential Edge, real-world experience and career support that gives you an edge in the competitive job market. And you’ll gain lifelong access to our alumni network and knowledgeable Career Center staff, who are there to help you meet your goals at any stage of your career, now or in the future. Once a Gull, always a Gull!
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