19 fee-waived PhD programs in Geography — US
19 programs for a PhD in Geography 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#5University rank
- Times Higher Education#4Subject rank
- U.S. News#1Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $59,048
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 2
Stanford University
- Grad School Navigator#2University rank
- QS#3University rank
- Times Higher Education#3Subject rank
- U.S. News#4Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 2
- Annual tuition
- $63,540
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Grad School Navigator#3University rank
- QS#1University rank
- Times Higher Education#1Subject rank
- U.S. News#26Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $66,720
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 4
University of California, Berkeley
- Grad School Navigator#6University rank
- QS#7Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#6Subject rank
- U.S. News#24Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $15,102
- 5
California Institute of Technology
- Grad School Navigator#9University rank
- QS#10University rank
- Times Higher Education#7University rank
- U.S. News#23University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $68,574
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 6
University of Pennsylvania
- Grad School Navigator#10University rank
- QS#15University rank
- Times Higher Education#13Subject rank
- U.S. News#22Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 7
Cornell University
- Grad School Navigator#13University rank
- QS51–100Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#19Subject rank
- U.S. News#35Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 8
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
Doctor of Philosophy in Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering
- Grad School Navigator#19University rank
- QS51–100Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#9Subject rank
- U.S. News#9Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $63,796
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 9
Northwestern University
- Grad School Navigator#23University rank
- QS#42University rank
- Times Higher Education#28Subject rank
- U.S. News#63Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 19
- Annual tuition
- $56,067
- Program duration
- 108 months
- 10
University of Washington
- Grad School Navigator#25University rank
- QS#47Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#25Subject rank
- U.S. News#11Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Oct 15 +2
- Annual tuition
- $33,171
- Program duration
- 120 months
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The complete list of Geography PhD Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.
| Rank | University | Program | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Harvard University | Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Planetary Sciences | 72 months |
| #2 | Stanford University | Doctor of Philosophy in Geophysics | 72 months |
| #3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Doctor of Philosophy in Geophysics | 60 months |
| #6 | University of California, Berkeley | Doctor of Philosophy in Energy and Resources | 48 months |
| #6 | University of California, Berkeley | PhD in Atmosphere, Oceans, and Climate | |
| #9 | California Institute of Technology | Doctor of Philosophy in Geochemistry | 72 months |
| #9 | California Institute of Technology | Doctor of Philosophy in Geology | 72 months |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Environmental Science | 72 months |
| #13 | Cornell University | Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy and Space Sciences | 72 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Doctor of Philosophy in Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering | 60 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | PhD in Astronomy | 72 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences | 60 months |
| #23 | Northwestern University | Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy | 108 months |
| #23 | Northwestern University | Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Planetary Sciences | 96 months |
| #25 | University of Washington | Doctor of Philosophy in Geography | 120 months |
| #26 | University of California San Diego | Doctor of Philosophy in Earth Sciences | 60 months |
| #26 | University of California San Diego | Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Biology | 60 months |
| #41 | University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign | Doctorate of Philosophy degree in Atmospheric Sciences | |
| #301–400 | Tulane University | Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Environmental Sciences |
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