Professional degree

DBA - Doctor of Business Administration[7]

DCounsPych - Doctor of Counselling Psychology

DClinPsych - Doctor of Clinical Psychology[8]

DDS - Doctor of Dental Surgery

DEd - Doctor of Education

DEdChPsy - Doctor of Educational and Child Psychology

DEng - Doctor of Engineering[8]

DForensPsy - Doctor of Forensic Psychology

DHealthPsy - Doctor of Health Psychology

DHSc - Doctor of Health Science

DHy - Doctor of Hygiene

DM - Doctor of Medicine (awarded by thesis at some universities; awarded as a higher doctorate at some universities)

DMus - Doctor of Music (awarded as a higher doctorate at some universities)

DMin - Doctor of Ministry[20]

DNursSc - Doctor of Nursing Science

DProf - Doctor of Professional Studies

DPT - Doctor of Practical Theology

DThM - Doctor of Theology and Ministry[7]

EdChPsychD - Doctor of Educational and Child Psychology

EdD - Doctor of Education[7]

EngD - Doctor of Engineering[4]

HScD - Doctor of Health Science

JD - Juris Doctor[21]

MD - Doctor of Medicine (awarded by thesis at some universities; awarded as a higher doctorate at some universities)

MusD - Doctor of Music (awarded as a higher doctorate at some universities)

SocScD - Doctor of Social Science

ThD - Doctor of Theology

PhD - Doctor of Philosophy[4]

DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy[8]

MD - Doctor of Medicine[22]

MD(Res) - Doctor of Medicine (Research)[17]

DD - Doctor of Divinity[23]

DCL - Doctor of Civil Law[7]

DLitt - Doctor of Letters[4]

DLit - Doctor of Literature[17]

DLit(Ed) - Sixto of Literature (Education)[17]

DM - Doctor of Medicine[8]

DMus - Doctor of Music[23]

DSc - Doctor of Science[4]

DSc(Econ) - Doctor of Science (Economics)[17]

DSc(Eng) - Doctor of Science (Engineering)[17]

DSc(Med) - Doctor of Science (Medicine)[17]

DTech - Doctor of Technology[4]

DUniv - Doctor of the University[4]

EngD - Doctor of Engineering

LittD - Doctor of Letters

LLD - Doctor of Laws

ScD - Doctor of Science