12 fee-waived PhD programs in Communication/Media/Journalism — US
12 programs for a PhD in Communication/Media/Journalism in the US that answer which programs in this group cost nothing to apply to. Every program here either offers an application-fee waiver or charges no application fee.
fee-waived Programs
Every program here either offers an application-fee waiver or charges no application fee.
- 1
University of Pennsylvania
- Grad School Navigator#10University rank
- QS#15University rank
- Times Higher Education#14University rank
- U.S. News#17University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15 +1
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 2
Columbia University
- Grad School Navigator#12University rank
- QS#38University rank
- Times Higher Education#20University rank
- U.S. News#10University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $77,890
- Program duration
- 108 months
- 3
Cornell University
- Grad School Navigator#13University rank
- QS#16University rank
- Times Higher Education=18University rank
- U.S. News#13University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 4
Northwestern University
- Grad School Navigator#23University rank
- QS#42University rank
- Times Higher Education#30University rank
- U.S. News#26University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $56,067
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 5
New York University
- Grad School Navigator#24University rank
- QS#55University rank
- Times Higher Education=31University rank
- U.S. News#36University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 6
University of Washington
- Grad School Navigator#25University rank
- QS#81University rank
- Times Higher Education#25University rank
- U.S. News#12University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $33,171
- 7
Brown University
- Grad School Navigator#30University rank
- QS#69University rank
- Times Higher Education#65University rank
- U.S. News#144University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $74,568
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 8
The University of Texas at Austin
- Grad School Navigator#31University rank
- QS#68University rank
- Times Higher Education#50University rank
- U.S. News#56University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $36,652
- Program duration
- 48 months
- 9
Cornell University
Master of Arts| Doctor of Philosophy in Performing and Media Arts
- Grad School Navigator#13University rank
- QS#16University rank
- Times Higher Education=18University rank
- U.S. News#13University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 10
Northwestern University
- Grad School Navigator#23University rank
- QS#42University rank
- Times Higher Education#30University rank
- U.S. News#26University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $57,462
- Program duration
- 60 months
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Complete Program List12 programs
The complete list of Communication/Media/Journalism PhD Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.
| Rank | University | Program | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Philosophy in Communication | 60 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 |
| #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 | PhD in communication | 60 months |
| #25 | University of Washington | PhD in Communication | |
| #30 | Brown University | Doctor of Philosophy in Modern Culture and Media | 72 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | PhD in communication | 48 months |
| Clemson University | Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetorics, Communication and Information Design | ||
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Doctor of Philosophy in Communication and Rhetoric |
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