21 fee-waived PhD programs in Music-related — US
21 programs for a PhD in Music-related 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=5University rank
- U.S. News#1University rank
- Application deadline
- Jan 5
- Annual tuition
- $59,048
- 2
University of California, Berkeley
- Grad School Navigator#6University rank
- QS#17University rank
- Times Higher Education#9University rank
- U.S. News#7University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15 +1
- Annual tuition
- $15,102
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 3
University of Pennsylvania
- Grad School Navigator#10University rank
- QS#15University rank
- Times Higher Education#14University rank
- U.S. News#17University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 4
Cornell University
- Grad School Navigator#13University rank
- QS#16University rank
- Times Higher Education=18University rank
- U.S. News#13University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 5
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Grad School Navigator#19University rank
- QS#45University rank
- Times Higher Education#23University rank
- U.S. News#21University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $34,052
- Program duration
- 36 months
- 6
Northwestern University
- Grad School Navigator#23University rank
- QS#42University rank
- Times Higher Education#30University rank
- U.S. News#26University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $56,067
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 7
New York University
Doctor of Philosophy in Music Performance and Composition: Performers
- Grad School Navigator#24University rank
- QS#55University rank
- Times Higher Education=31University rank
- U.S. News#36University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 8
University of Washington
- Grad School Navigator#25University rank
- QS#81University rank
- Times Higher Education#25University rank
- U.S. News#12University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $33,171
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 9
Brown University
- Grad School Navigator#30University rank
- QS#69University rank
- Times Higher Education#65University rank
- U.S. News#144University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 10
Harvard University
Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Practice and Critical Inquiry
- Grad School Navigator#1University rank
- QS#5University rank
- Times Higher Education=5University rank
- U.S. News#1University rank
- Application deadline
- Jan 5
- Annual tuition
- $57,328
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