No Graduate Record Examination PhD in Literature: 82 US programs

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1
Harvard University
Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature
Application deadline
Jan 5
Annual tuition
$57,328
Program duration
72 months
2
Stanford University
Doctor of Philosophy in Classics
Application deadline
Dec 2
Annual tuition
$63,540
Program duration
72 months
3
Princeton University
Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$65,210
Program duration
60 months
4
University of California, Berkeley
Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$28,242
Program duration
84 months
5
Yale University
Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$50,900
Program duration
72 months
6
University of Pennsylvania
Doctor of Philosophy in Classical Studies
Application deadline
Dec 15
Program duration
72 months
7
University of Chicago
Doctor of Philosophy in Classics
Annual tuition
$53,721
Program duration
84 months
8
Columbia University
Doctor of Philosophy in Russian Literature (Slavic Languages)
Application deadline
Jan 8
Annual tuition
$56,840
Program duration
72 months
9
Cornell University
Master of Arts|Doctor of Philosophy in Asian Literature, Religion, and Culture
Application deadline
Dec 15
Program duration
84 months
10
Johns Hopkins University
Doctor of Philosophy in English and American Literature
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$66,670
Program duration
72 months

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Rank	University	Program	Duration
#1	Harvard University	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature	72 months
#1	Harvard University	PhD in Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Literatures	84 months
#2	Stanford University	Doctor of Philosophy in Classics	72 months
#2	Stanford University	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature	72 months
#2	Stanford University	Doctor of Philosophy in Modern Thought and Literature	72 months
#4	Princeton University	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature	60 months
#6	University of California, Berkeley	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature	84 months
#8	Yale University	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature	72 months
#8	Yale University	Doctor of Philosophy in Russian Literature and Culture	72 months
#8	Yale University	Doctor of Philosophy in Spanish Peninsular Literature, Latin American Literature, and a combination of Luso-Brazilian and Spanish\|Spanish American literatures	72 months
#8	Yale University	PhD in Classical Art and Archaeology	72 months
#10	University of Pennsylvania	Doctor of Philosophy in Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World (AAMW)	72 months
#10	University of Pennsylvania	Doctor of Philosophy in Classical Studies	72 months
#10	University of Pennsylvania	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory	72 months
#11	University of Chicago	Doctor of Philosophy in Classics	84 months
#11	University of Chicago	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature	72 months
#11	University of Chicago	Doctor of Philosophy in English Language and Literature	108 months
#11	University of Chicago	Doctor of Philosophy in Literature Track	72 months
#12	Columbia University	Doctor of Philosophy in English and Comparative Literature	72 months
#12	Columbia University	Doctor of Philosophy in Russian Literature (Slavic Languages)	72 months
#13	Cornell University	Doctor of Philosophy in Classics	72 months
#13	Cornell University	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature	72 months
#13	Cornell University	Master of Arts\|Doctor of Philosophy in Asian Literature, Religion, and Culture	84 months
#16	Johns Hopkins University	Doctor of Philosophy in English and American Literature	72 months
#17	University of California, Los Angeles	Doctor of Philosophy in Classics	72 months
#17	University of California, Los Angeles	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature	108 months
#19	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	PhD in American Culture	60 months
#19	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	PhD in Classical Language and Literature
#19	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	PhD in Comparative Literature	72 months
#22	Duke University	Doctor of Philosophy in Classical Studies	84 months
#23	Northwestern University	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literary Studies	60 months
#23	Northwestern University	Doctor of Philosophy in English	60 months
#23	Northwestern University	Doctor of Philosophy in German Literature and Critical Thought	60 months
#25	University of Washington	Comparative Literature, Cinema and Media (PhD)	60 months
#25	University of Washington	Doctor of Philosophy in Classics	72 months
#25	University of Washington	Doctor of Philosophy in Classics and Ancient Philosophy	72 months
#26	University of California San Diego	Doctor of Philosophy in Literature	96 months
#30	Brown University	Doctor of Philosophy in Classics	72 months
#30	Brown University	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature	72 months
#35	University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill	Doctor of Philosophy in Classical and Medieval Latin
#35	University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill	Doctor of Philosophy in Classics or Classics with Historical Emphasis	36 months
#36	Washington University in St. Louis	Doctor of Philosophy in Chinese and Comparative Literature	72 months
#36	Washington University in St. Louis	Doctor of Philosophy in Classics
#36	Washington University in St. Louis	Doctor of Philosophy in Japanese and Comparative Literature	72 months
#36	Washington University in St. Louis	PhD in English and American Literature	72 months
#38	University of Wisconsin--Madison	Doctor of Philosophy in Classics
#39	Purdue University--West Lafayette	Doctor of Philosophy in Literature, Theory, Cultural Studies (LTC)
#40	Pennsylvania State University--University Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Spanish & Latin American Literature
#41	University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign	PhD in Classical Philology
#42	University of Southern California	PhD in Classics (Greek and Latin)	60 months
#42	University of Southern California	PhD in English Literature	60 months
#43	Emory University	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature	72 months
#43	Emory University	PhD in Ancient History	60 months
#55	University of Virginia	PhD in Classics	72 months
#62	University of California, Davis	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature	72 months
#62	University of California, Davis	Doctor of Philosophy in Literature	72 months
#64	University of Maryland, College Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature	60 months
#65	University of California--Irvine	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature	72 months
#65	University of California--Irvine	Doctor of Philosophy in English	84 months
#75	University of Pittsburgh	Doctor of Philosophy in Classics, Area of Concentration in Classics, Philosophy and Ancient Science	60 months
#75	University of Pittsburgh	Doctor of Philosophy in Literature
#84	University of Massachusetts--Amherst	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature
#84	University of Massachusetts--Amherst	PhD in English	60 months
#85	Boston University	Doctor of Philosophy in Classical Studies	84 months
#95	Ohio State University--Columbus	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Studies
#126	Indiana University--Bloomington	Doctor of Philosophy in Classical Studies
#126	Indiana University--Bloomington	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature
#126	Indiana University--Bloomington	Doctor of Philosophy in Medieval and Early Modern German Literature and Culture	72 months
#134	University of Colorado Boulder	Doctor of Philosophy in Literature	60 months
#175	Arizona State University	PhD in English (Literature)	60 months
#183	University of Illinois--Chicago	PhD in English
#251–300	University of Miami	PhD in Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies
#301–400	University at Buffalo--SUNY	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature
#301–400	University of Iowa	Doctor of Philosophy in Classics
#301–400	University of Iowa	Doctor of Philosophy in English Literary Studies
	Binghamton University--SUNY	Doctor of Philosophy in Literature	60 months
	Binghamton University--SUNY	Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, Literature and the Theory of Criticism	60 months
	City University of New York	PhD in Classics
	Miami University--Oxford	PhD in Literature
	University of Cincinnati	Doctor of Philosophy in Classics
	University of Missouri	PhD Program in Archaeology	60 months
	University of Oregon	Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature

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