156 PhD programs in Geography without the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) — US
156 programs for a PhD in Geography in the US that answer which programs in this group do not require the GRE. Every program here states that the GRE is not required or not accepted.
no-GRE Programs
Every program here states that the GRE is not required or not accepted.
- 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 5
- Annual tuition
- $63,540
- Program duration
- 84 months
- 3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography|Applied Ocean Science & Engineering (Doctor of Philosophy)
- Grad School Navigator#3University rank
- QS#1University rank
- Times Higher Education#1Subject rank
- U.S. News#26Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $64,310
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 4
Princeton University
Graduate Study in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) Program
- Grad School Navigator#4University rank
- QS#25University rank
- Times Higher Education#5Subject rank
- U.S. News#58Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Jan 3
- Annual tuition
- $65,210
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 5
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
- $28,242
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 6
Yale University
- Grad School Navigator#8University rank
- QS#21University rank
- Times Higher Education#8Subject rank
- U.S. News#15Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $50,900
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 7
California Institute of Technology
- Grad School Navigator#9University rank
- QS#10University rank
- Times Higher Education#7University rank
- U.S. News#23University rank
- Application deadline
- Nov 15 +1
- Annual tuition
- $68,574
- Program duration
- 36 months
- 8
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
- 9
University of Chicago
- Grad School Navigator#11University rank
- QS51–100Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#11Subject rank
- U.S. News#74Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 23
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 10
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
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Complete Program List156 programs
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 Astronomy | 72 months |
| #1 | Harvard University | Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Planetary Sciences | 72 months |
| #1 | Harvard University | PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics | 72 months |
| #2 | Stanford University | Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Sciences | 84 months |
| #3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography|Applied Ocean Science & Engineering (Doctor of Philosophy) | 60 months |
| #3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Oceanography|Applied Ocean Science and Engineering | 60 months |
| #4 | Princeton University | Doctor of Philosophy in Geosciences | 60 months |
| #4 | Princeton University | Graduate Study in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) Program | 60 months |
| #6 | University of California, Berkeley | Doctor of Philosophy in Energy and Resources | 48 months |
| #6 | University of California, Berkeley | Master|Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy | 72 months |
| #6 | University of California, Berkeley | PhD in Astronomy | 72 months |
| #8 | Yale University | Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy | 72 months |
| #9 | California Institute of Technology | Doctor of Philosophy in Planetary Science | 36 months |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Environmental Science | 72 months |
| #11 | University of Chicago | Doctor of Philosophy in Geophysical Sciences | 72 months |
| #11 | University of Chicago | Geophysical Sciences | 72 months |
| #11 | University of Chicago | PhD in Planetary Sciences and Cosmochemistry | 72 months |
| #13 | Cornell University | Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy and Space Sciences | 72 months |
| #13 | Cornell University | PhD in Earth and Atmospheric Science | 60 months |
| #16 | Johns Hopkins University | PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics | 72 months |
| #16 | Johns Hopkins University | PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences | 60 months |
| #17 | University of California, Los Angeles | Doctor of Philosophy in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | |
| #17 | University of California, Los Angeles | PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics | |
| #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 |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | PhD program in Astronomy and Astrophysics | 72 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 Astronomy | 72 months |
| #25 | University of Washington | Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Space Sciences | |
| #25 | University of Washington | Doctor of Philosophy in Geography | 120 months |
| #25 | University of Washington | Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography | |
| #26 | University of California San Diego | Doctor of Philosophy in Earth Sciences | 60 months |
| #26 | University of California San Diego | Doctor of Philosophy in Geophysics | 72 months |
| #26 | University of California San Diego | Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Biology | 60 months |
| #26 | University of California San Diego | Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography | 60 months |
| #26 | University of California San Diego | PhD in Climate Ocean Atmosphere (COAP) | 60 months |
| #26 | University of California San Diego | PhD in Geosciences of the Earth, Oceans, and Planets | 72 months |
| #26 | University of California San Diego | Scripps Institution of Oceanography PhD Program | 72 months |
| #30 | Brown University | Doctor of Philosophy in Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences | 72 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy | 60 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Sciences | 72 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Science | 72 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | PhD in Geosciences | |
| #34 | Rice University | PhD in Earth Sciences | 48 months |
| #34 | Rice University | PhD in Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences | 48 months |
| #34 | Rice University | PhD in Subsurface Geoscience | |
| #35 | University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill | Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Sciences | |
| #35 | University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill | Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Sciences | |
| #36 | Washington University in St. Louis | PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences | |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin--Madison | Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy | |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin--Madison | Doctor of Philosophy in Geography | |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin--Madison | Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Engineering | |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin--Madison | Doctor of Philosophy in Geoscience | |
| #39 | Purdue University--West Lafayette | Doctor of Philosophy in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences | |
| #40 | Pennsylvania State University--University Park | Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy & Astrophysics | |
| #40 | Pennsylvania State University--University Park | Doctor of Philosophy in Energy and Mineral Engineering | |
| #40 | Pennsylvania State University--University Park | Doctor of Philosophy in Geography | |
| #40 | Pennsylvania State University--University Park | Doctor of Philosophy in Geosciences | 60 months |
| #40 | Pennsylvania State University--University Park | Doctor of Philosophy in Meteorology | |
| #40 | Pennsylvania State University--University Park | PhD in Astronomy | |
| #41 | University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign | Atmospheric Sciences, PhD | 84 months |
| #41 | University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign | Doctor of Philosophy in Geology | 60 months |
| #41 | University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign | Doctorate of Philosophy degree in Atmospheric Sciences | |
| #41 | University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign | PhD in Astronomy | 84 months |
| #42 | University of Southern California | PhD in Earth Sciences | 60 months |
| #42 | University of Southern California | PhD in Geophysics | |
| #42 | University of Southern California | PhD program in Ocean Sciences | |
| #55 | University of Virginia | Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy | 60 months |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | Doctor of Philosophy in Earth Sciences | 60 months |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | Doctor of Philosophy in Geography | 72 months |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Science | 72 months |
| #61 | University of Rochester | Doctor of Philosophy in Geosciences | |
| #62 | University of California, Davis | Doctor of Philosophy in Atmospheric Science | 60 months |
| #62 | University of California, Davis | Doctor of Philosophy in Geography | |
| #62 | University of California, Davis | Doctor of Philosophy in Geology | 72 months |
| #62 | University of California, Davis | Earth and Planetary Sciences | 60 months |
| #64 | University of Maryland, College Park | MS|Doctor of Philosophy in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | 60 months |
| #72 | University of Minnesota--Twin Cities | Doctor of Philosophy in Earth & Environmental Sciences | |
| #72 | University of Minnesota--Twin Cities | Doctor of Philosophy in Geography | |
| #72 | University of Minnesota--Twin Cities | Doctor of Philosophy in Land and Atmospheric Science | |
| #72 | University of Minnesota--Twin Cities | PhD in Earth Sciences | |
| #81 | Rutgers University--New Brunswick | Doctor of Philosophy in Atmospheric Science | 60 months |
| #81 | Rutgers University--New Brunswick | Earth and Planetary Sciences (PhD) New Brunswick | 60 months |
| #81 | Rutgers University--New Brunswick | PhD in Geological Sciences | 60 months |
| #84 | University of Massachusetts--Amherst | Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy | 72 months |
| #91 | Michigan State University | PhD in Geography | |
| #93 | Texas A&M University--College Station | Doctor of Philosophy in Atmospheric Sciences | |
| #93 | Texas A&M University--College Station | Doctor of Philosophy in Geography | |
| #93 | Texas A&M University--College Station | Doctor of Philosophy in Geophysics | |
| #93 | Texas A&M University--College Station | Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Biology | |
| #93 | Texas A&M University--College Station | Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography | |
| #95 | Ohio State University--Columbus | Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy | 72 months |
| #95 | Ohio State University--Columbus | Doctor of Philosophy in Geography | 60 months |
| #96 | University of Florida | PhD in Astronomy | |
| #96 | University of Florida | PhD in Geography | |
| #99 | University of Georgia | Doctor of Philosophy in Geography | 48 months |
| #99 | University of Georgia | Doctor of Philosophy in Geology | 48 months |
| #99 | University of Georgia | Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Sciences |
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