PhD in Communication/Media/Journalism: 101 US programs compared

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1
Stanford University
PhD in communication
Application deadline
Dec 2
Annual tuition
$63,540
Program duration
60 months
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy in Media Arts and Sciences
Annual tuition
$64,310
Program duration
48 months
3
University of California, Berkeley
Doctor of Philosophy in Film and Media
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$13,140
Program duration
84 months
4
Yale University
Doctor of Philosophy in Film and Media Studies
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$50,900
Program duration
72 months
5
University of Pennsylvania
Doctor of Philosophy in Communication
Application deadline
Dec 15 +1
Program duration
60 months
6
University of Chicago
Doctor of Philosophy in Cinema and Media Studies
Application deadline
Dec 14
Annual tuition
$22,400
Program duration
72 months
7
Columbia University
Doctor of Philosophy in Communications
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$77,890
Program duration
108 months
8
Cornell University
Doctor of Philosophy in Communication
Application deadline
Dec 1
Program duration
60 months
9
University of California, Los Angeles
Doctor of Philosophy in Film, Television, & Digital Media
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$36,297
10
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
PhD in communication
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$63,796
Program duration
60 months

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The complete list of Communication/Media/Journalism PhD Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.

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Rank	University	Program	Duration
#2	Stanford University	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Theory and Research	60 months
#2	Stanford University	PhD in communication	60 months
#3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Doctor of Philosophy in Media Arts and Sciences	48 months
#6	University of California, Berkeley	Doctor of Philosophy in Film and Media	84 months
#8	Yale University	Doctor of Philosophy in Film and Media Studies	72 months
#10	University of Pennsylvania	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication	60 months
#11	University of Chicago	Doctor of Philosophy in Cinema and Media Studies	72 months
#12	Columbia University	Doctor of Education in Communication in Education	72 months
#12	Columbia University	Doctor of Philosophy in Communications	108 months
#13	Cornell University	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication	60 months
#13	Cornell University	Master of Arts\| Doctor of Philosophy in Performing and Media Arts	72 months
#17	University of California, Los Angeles	Doctor of Philosophy in Film, Television, & Digital Media
#19	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	PhD in communication	60 months
#19	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	PhD in Film, Television, and Media	72 months
#22	Duke University	Doctor of Philosophy in Computational Media, Arts & Cultures	60 months
#23	Northwestern University	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Studies	60 months
#23	Northwestern University	Doctor of Philosophy in Media, Technology and Society	60 months
#24	New York University	Doctor of Philosophy in Media, Culture, and Communication	60 months
#24	New York University	PhD in communication	60 months
#25	University of Washington	PhD in Communication
#26	University of California San Diego	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication	84 months
#30	Brown University	Doctor of Philosophy in Modern Culture and Media	72 months
#31	The University of Texas at Austin	Doctor of Philosophy in Journalism	48 months
#31	The University of Texas at Austin	Doctor of Philosophy in Media Studies	60 months
#31	The University of Texas at Austin	PhD in communication	48 months
#31	The University of Texas at Austin	Phd in journalism and media	48 months
#33	Georgia Institute of Technology	Doctor of Philosophy in Digital Media
#35	University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill	Doctor of Philosophy in Media and Communication	36 months
#35	University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill	PhD in communication	60 months
#38	University of Wisconsin--Madison	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Arts
#38	University of Wisconsin--Madison	Doctor of Philosophy in Mass Communications	60 months
#39	Purdue University--West Lafayette	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Communication	48 months
#39	Purdue University--West Lafayette	Doctor of Philosophy in Interpersonal Communication	48 months
#39	Purdue University--West Lafayette	Doctor of Philosophy in Media Technology & Society	48 months
#39	Purdue University--West Lafayette	Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Communication	48 months
#39	Purdue University--West Lafayette	Doctor of Philosophy in Public Relations	48 months
#39	Purdue University--West Lafayette	Doctoral Degree in Agricultural Sciences Education & Communication
#40	Pennsylvania State University--University Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Mass Communications
#41	University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication and Media
#42	University of Southern California	Doctorate in Communication	60 months
#59	University of California--Santa Barbara	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication	60 months
#59	University of California--Santa Barbara	Doctor of Philosophy in Media Arts and Technology Program	84 months
#59	University of California--Santa Barbara	MA\|PhD in Film and Media Studies
#61	University of Rochester	Doctor of Musical Arts with a major in Jazz studies and Contemporary Media	42 months
#62	University of California, Davis	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication
#64	University of Maryland, College Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication	60 months
#64	University of Maryland, College Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Journalism Studies	48 months
#72	University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Studies	48 months
#72	University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	Doctor of Philosophy in Mass Communication
#72	University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetoric, Scientific and Technical Communication	60 months
#75	University of Pittsburgh	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication
#75	University of Pittsburgh	Doctor of Philosophy: Film and Media Studies
#81	Rutgers University--New Brunswick	PhD program in Communication, Information and Media	72 months
#84	University of Massachusetts--Amherst	PhD in Communication
#85	Boston University	Doctor of Philosophy in Emerging Media Studies	60 months
#85	Boston University	PhD in communication	60 months
#91	Michigan State University	PhD in Communication	48 months
#91	Michigan State University	PhD in Information and Media
#93	Texas A&M University--College Station	Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
#93	Texas A&M University--College Station	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication
#95	Ohio State University--Columbus	PhD in Communication
#96	University of Florida	Doctor of Philosophy in Mass Communication
#99	University of Georgia	Doctor of Philosophy in Mass Communication
#114	North Carolina State University	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media	48 months
#119	University of California, Santa Cruz	Doctor of Philosophy in Computation Media	60 months
#119	University of California, Santa Cruz	Doctor of Philosophy in Film and Digital Media	72 months
#124	University of Arizona	PhD in Communication	48 months
#126	Indiana University--Bloomington	Doctor of Philosophy in Media Arts and Sciences
#126	Indiana University--Bloomington	PhD in communication
#134	University of Colorado Boulder	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication	48 months
#134	University of Colorado Boulder	Doctor of Philosophy in Emergent Technologies and Media Art Practices	48 months
#134	University of Colorado Boulder	Doctor of Philosophy in Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance
#134	University of Colorado Boulder	Doctor of Philosophy in Media Research and Practice	60 months
#134	University of Colorado Boulder	Doctor of Philosophy in Technology, Media & Society
#134	University of Colorado Boulder	PhD: Strategic Communication	48 months
#191	University of Connecticut	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication
#201–250	Case Western Reserve University	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Sciences
#201–250	Northeastern University	PhD in Interdisciplinary Design and Media	48 months
#251–300	University of Miami	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication	48 months
#301–400	University of Utah	PhD in Communication	48 months
#301–400	University at Buffalo--SUNY	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication	48 months
#301–400	University at Buffalo--SUNY	Doctor of Philosophy in Media Study	48 months
#301–400	University of Iowa	Doctor of Philosophy in Mass Communications
#401–500	Florida State University	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication	36 months
#401–500	University of Delaware	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication	48 months
	American University	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication	36 months
	Clemson University	Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetorics, Communication and Information Design
	Drexel University	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication, Culture & Media	60 months
	Drexel University	Doctor of Philosophy in Digital Media
	Ohio University	PhD in Communication Studies
	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication and Rhetoric
	Syracuse University	Doctor of Philosophy in Mass Communications	36 months
	Temple University	Doctor of Philosophy in Media and Communication	84 months
	The University of Alabama	PhD Communication & Information Sciences
	University of Denver	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Studies	96 months
	University of Missouri	PhD program in Communication	48 months
	University of Missouri--Kansas City	PhD in communication
	University of Oklahoma	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication
	University of Oregon	Doctor of Philosophy in Media Studies	48 months
	Wake Forest University	PhD in Communication

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Remaining programs in this cohort
Rank	University	Program	Duration
	West Virginia University	PhD program in Communication Studies

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