23 fee-waived PhD programs in Computer Science — US
23 programs for a PhD in Computer Science 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
Harvard University
- Grad School Navigator#1University rank
- QS#7Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#8Subject rank
- U.S. News#25Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $59,048
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 2
Stanford University
- Grad School Navigator#2University rank
- QS#2Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#6Subject rank
- U.S. News#8Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 2
- Annual tuition
- $41,310
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 3
Princeton University
- Grad School Navigator#4University rank
- QS#14Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#5Subject rank
- U.S. News#39Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $65,210
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 4
University of Pennsylvania
- Grad School Navigator#10University rank
- QS#36Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#39Subject rank
- U.S. News#91Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $73,522
- Program duration
- 120 months
- 5
Cornell University
- Grad School Navigator#13University rank
- QS#17Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#17Subject rank
- U.S. News#53Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Program duration
- 84 months
- 6
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Grad School Navigator#19University rank
- QS51–100Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#31Subject rank
- U.S. News#47Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $64,850
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 7
Carnegie Mellon University
- Grad School Navigator#21University rank
- QS#3Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#7Subject rank
- U.S. News#14Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Nov 18 +1
- Annual tuition
- $51,250
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 8
Northwestern University
- Grad School Navigator#23University rank
- QS51–100Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#86Subject rank
- U.S. News#144Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15 +1
- Annual tuition
- $56,067
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 9
University of Washington
- Grad School Navigator#25University rank
- QS#19Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#20Subject rank
- U.S. News#28Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $33,171
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 10
University of California San Diego
- Grad School Navigator#26University rank
- QS#33Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#36Subject rank
- U.S. News#40Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 23 +1
- Annual tuition
- $36,475
- Program duration
- 72 months
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The complete list of Computer Science PhD Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.
| Rank | University | Program | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Harvard University | Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science | 72 months |
| #2 | Stanford University | PhD in Computer Science | 72 months |
| #4 | Princeton University | Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science | 60 months |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Philosophy in Computer and Information Science | 120 months |
| #13 | Cornell University | PhD in Computer Science | 84 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | PhD in Computer Science | 60 months |
| #21 | Carnegie Mellon University | Joint PhD Program in Neural Computation & Machine Learning | 60 months |
| #21 | Carnegie Mellon University | Joint PhD Program in Statistics & Machine Learning | 60 months |
| #21 | Carnegie Mellon University | PhD in Societal Computing | 60 months |
| #21 | Carnegie Mellon University | PhD Program in Software Engineering | 60 months |
| #23 | Northwestern University | Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science | 60 months |
| #23 | Northwestern University | Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science and Learning Sciences | 72 months |
| #25 | University of Washington | PhD in Computer Science and Engineering | 72 months |
| #26 | University of California San Diego | PhD in Computer Science | 72 months |
| #30 | Brown University | Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science | 72 months |
| #34 | Rice University | PhD in Computer Science | 72 months |
| #41 | University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign | PhD in Computer Science | 84 months |
| #47 | Dartmouth College | Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science | 60 months |
| #55 | University of Virginia | Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science | |
| #301–400 | Tulane University | Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science | |
| Clemson University | Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science | 48 months | |
| Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago | PhD in Computer Science | 60 months | |
| Villanova University | Doctor of Philosophy in Cybersecurity |
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