No Graduate Record Examination PhD in Communication/Media/Journalism: 43 US programs

no-GRE Programs

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1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy in Media Arts and Sciences
Annual tuition
$64,310
Program duration
48 months
2
University of California, Berkeley
Doctor of Philosophy in Film and Media
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$13,140
Program duration
84 months
3
Yale University
Doctor of Philosophy in Film and Media Studies
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$50,900
Program duration
72 months
4
Columbia University
Doctor of Education in Communication in Education
Application deadline
Dec 1 +1
Program duration
72 months
5
Cornell University
Master of Arts| Doctor of Philosophy in Performing and Media Arts
Application deadline
Dec 15
Program duration
72 months
6
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
PhD in communication
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$63,796
Program duration
60 months
7
Northwestern University
Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Studies
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$56,067
Program duration
60 months
8
New York University
PhD in communication
Application deadline
Dec 1
Program duration
60 months
9
University of Washington
PhD in Communication
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$33,171
10
University of California San Diego
Doctor of Philosophy in Communication
Application deadline
Dec 6
Annual tuition
$36,575
Program duration
84 months

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

First programs in this cohort
Rank	University	Program	Duration
#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
#12	Columbia University	Doctor of Education in Communication in Education	72 months
#13	Cornell University	Master of Arts\| Doctor of Philosophy in Performing and Media Arts	72 months
#19	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	PhD in communication	60 months
#23	Northwestern University	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Studies	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 Media Studies	60 months
#31	The University of Texas at Austin	PhD in communication	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
#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
#62	University of California, Davis	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication
#64	University of Maryland, College Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication	60 months
#72	University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	Doctor of Philosophy in Mass Communication
#91	Michigan State University	PhD in Communication	48 months
#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
#126	Indiana University--Bloomington	Doctor of Philosophy in Media Arts and Sciences
#134	University of Colorado Boulder	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication	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 Technology, Media & Society
#201–250	Case Western Reserve University	Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Sciences
#201–250	Northeastern University	PhD in Interdisciplinary Design and Media	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
	Drexel University	Doctor of Philosophy in Digital Media
	Ohio University	PhD in Communication Studies
	University of Oregon	Doctor of Philosophy in Media Studies	48 months
	West Virginia University	PhD program in Communication Studies

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