No Graduate Record Examination PhD in Area Studies: 67 US programs

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1
Stanford University
Doctor of Philosophy in German Studies
Application deadline
Dec 4
Annual tuition
$41,310
Program duration
60 months
2
Princeton University
Doctor of Philosophy in Near Eastern Studies
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$65,210
Program duration
60 months
3
University of California, Berkeley
Doctor of Philosophy in Near Eastern Studies
Annual tuition
$13,140
Program duration
84 months
4
Yale University
Combined Doctor of Philosophy in African American Studies
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$50,900
Program duration
72 months
5
University of Pennsylvania
Doctor of Philosophy in South Asia Studies
Application deadline
Dec 15
Program duration
72 months
6
University of Chicago
Doctor of Philosophy in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$67,200
Program duration
84 months
7
Columbia University
Doctor of Philosophy in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
Application deadline
Dec 5
Annual tuition
$56,840
Program duration
84 months
8
Cornell University
Doctor of Philosophy in Regional Science
Application deadline
Jan 10
Program duration
72 months
9
Johns Hopkins University
Doctor of Philosophy in Near Eastern studies
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$66,670
Program duration
48 months
10
University of California, Los Angeles
Doctor of Philosophy in French & Francophone Studies
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$36,297
Program duration
96 months

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Rank	University	Program	Duration
#2	Stanford University	Doctor of Philosophy in German Studies	60 months
#4	Princeton University	Doctor of Philosophy in Near Eastern Studies	60 months
#6	University of California, Berkeley	Doctor of Philosophy in Near Eastern Studies	84 months
#6	University of California, Berkeley	Master of Arts\|Doctor of Philosophy in South and Southeast Asian Studies	72 months
#8	Yale University	Combined Doctor of Philosophy in African American Studies	72 months
#8	Yale University	Combined Doctor of Philosophy in French and African American Studies	72 months
#8	Yale University	Combined Doctor of Philosophy in French and Renaissance Studies	72 months
#8	Yale University	Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies	72 months
#8	Yale University	Doctor of Philosophy in Arabic and Islamic studies	72 months
#8	Yale University	Doctor of Philosophy in Assyriology	72 months
#8	Yale University	Doctor of Philosophy in German Studies\|Literature	72 months
#8	Yale University	MPhil & PhD in Near East Languages & Civilisation	72 months
#10	University of Pennsylvania	Doctor of Philosophy in South Asia Studies	72 months
#11	University of Chicago	Doctor of Philosophy in French and Francophone Studies	72 months
#11	University of Chicago	Doctor of Philosophy in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Studies	72 months
#11	University of Chicago	Doctor of Philosophy in Italian Studies	72 months
#11	University of Chicago	Doctor of Philosophy in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	84 months
#11	University of Chicago	Doctor of Philosophy in South Asian Languages and Civilizations	84 months
#12	Columbia University	Doctor of Philosophy in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies	84 months
#13	Cornell University	Doctor of Philosophy in Africana Studies	72 months
#13	Cornell University	Doctor of Philosophy in German Studies	72 months
#13	Cornell University	Doctor of Philosophy in Near Eastern Studies	60 months
#13	Cornell University	Doctor of Philosophy in Regional Science	72 months
#16	Johns Hopkins University	Doctor of Philosophy in Near Eastern studies	48 months
#17	University of California, Los Angeles	Doctor of Philosophy in French & Francophone Studies	96 months
#17	University of California, Los Angeles	Doctor of Philosophy in Indo-European Studies	72 months
#19	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	PhD in Asian Languages and Cultures	84 months
#23	Northwestern University	Doctor of Philosophy in African American Studies	60 months
#23	Northwestern University	Doctor of Philosophy in French\|Francophone Studies	60 months
#24	New York University	Doctor of Philosophy in Italian Studies	60 months
#24	New York University	Joint Degree Doctor of Philosophy in History and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
#24	New York University	Joint Doctor of Philosophy in French Studies and History
#25	University of Washington	Doctor of Philosophy in Hispanic Studies
#25	University of Washington	Doctor of Philosophy in International Studies	60 months
#25	University of Washington	Doctor of Philosophy in Scandinavian Studies
#25	University of Washington	Doctor of Philosophy in South Asian
#30	Brown University	Doctor of Philosophy in Africana Studies	72 months
#30	Brown University	Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies	72 months
#30	Brown University	Doctor of Philosophy in Egyptology and Assyriology	60 months
#30	Brown University	Doctor of Philosophy in German Studies	72 months
#30	Brown University	Doctor of Philosophy in Hispanic Studies	72 months
#30	Brown University	Doctor of Philosophy in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies	72 months
#30	Brown University	Doctor of Philosophy in Slavic Studies	60 months
#31	The University of Texas at Austin	Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies
#35	University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill	Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies	60 months
#38	University of Wisconsin--Madison	Doctor of Philosophy in African Cultural Studies
#38	University of Wisconsin--Madison	Doctor of Philosophy in Scandinavian Studies
#38	University of Wisconsin-Madision	PhD in Asian Languages and Cultures
#40	Pennsylvania State University--University Park	Doctor of Philosophy in French and Francophone and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
#43	Emory University	Doctor of Philosophy in Hispanic Studies
#43	Emory University	Doctor of Philosophy in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies	72 months
#59	University of California--Santa Barbara	Doctor of Philosophy in Chicana and Chicano Studies
#62	University of California, Davis	Doctor of Philosophy in Native American Studies
#72	University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies	84 months
#72	University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	Doctor of Philosophy in Germanic Studies
#84	University of Massachusetts--Amherst	Doctor of Philosophy in Afro-American Studies	60 months
#84	University of Massachusetts--Amherst	Doctor of Philosophy in German Studies	72 months
#84	University of Massachusetts--Amherst	Doctor of Philosophy in Spanish and Portuguese Studies	60 months
#85	Boston University	Doctor of Philosophy in American & New England Studies	60 months
#91	Michigan State University	PhD in African American and African Studies (AAAS)
#92	Georgetown University	Doctor of Philosophy in Arabic & Islamic Studies	60 months
#98	Virginia Tech	Doctor of Philosophy in Africana Studies	48 months
#301–400	George Washington University	Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies	60 months
#301–400	University of California, Riverside	PhD in Ethnic Studies	72 months
#301–400	University of Iowa	PhD Degree in American Studies
	Brandeis University	Doctor of Philosophy in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
	William & Mary	American Studies, Doctor of Philosophy	84 months

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