12 fee-waived PhD programs in Economics — US
12 programs for a PhD in Economics 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
Stanford University
- Grad School Navigator#2University rank
- QS#3Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#2Subject rank
- U.S. News#2Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $63,540
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 2
University of Pennsylvania
- Grad School Navigator#10University rank
- QS=12Subject rank
- Times Higher Education=10Subject rank
- U.S. News#9Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 3
Cornell University
- Grad School Navigator#13University rank
- QS=26Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#16Subject rank
- U.S. News#24Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $20,800
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 4
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Grad School Navigator#19University rank
- QS#30Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#21Subject rank
- U.S. News#29Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 5
Carnegie Mellon University
- Grad School Navigator#21University rank
- QS=78Subject rank
- Times Higher Education=26Subject rank
- U.S. News#177Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Sep 15 +1
- Annual tuition
- $48,560
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 6
Northwestern University
- Grad School Navigator#23University rank
- QS#16Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#17Subject rank
- U.S. News#16Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $56,067
- Program duration
- 108 months
- 7
University of Washington
- Grad School Navigator#25University rank
- QS=161Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#44Subject rank
- U.S. News#104Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15 +1
- Annual tuition
- $33,171
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 8
Brown University
- Grad School Navigator#30University rank
- QS=34Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#65University rank
- U.S. News#144University rank
- Application deadline
- Jan 1
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 9
University of Pennsylvania
- Grad School Navigator#10University rank
- QS=12Subject rank
- Times Higher Education=10Subject rank
- U.S. News#9Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 8
- Annual tuition
- $46,540
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 10
Cornell University
- Grad School Navigator#13University rank
- QS=26Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#16Subject rank
- U.S. News#24Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Program duration
- 60 months
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The complete list of Economics PhD Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.
| Rank | University | Program | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| #2 | Stanford University | Doctor of Philosophy in Political Economics | 60 months |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Philosophy program in Applied Economics | 72 months |
| #13 | Cornell University | Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Economics and Management | 60 months |
| #13 | Cornell University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | PhD in Economics | 60 months |
| #21 | Carnegie Mellon University | Joint PhD program in Behavioral Economics | 60 months |
| #23 | Northwestern University | PhD in economics | 108 months |
| #25 | University of Washington | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #30 | Brown University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #301–400 | Iowa State University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | |
| Clemson University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months |
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