7 fee-waived PhD programs in Philosophy — US
7 programs for a PhD in Philosophy 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
Princeton University
- Grad School Navigator#4University rank
- QS#13Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#7Subject rank
- U.S. News#15Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $65,210
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 2
University of Pennsylvania
- Grad School Navigator#10University rank
- QS51–100Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#14Subject rank
- U.S. News#17Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $46,540
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 3
Carnegie Mellon University
Doctorate in Philosophy and Doctorate in Logic, Computation, and Methodology
- Grad School Navigator#21University rank
- QS201–225Subject rank
- Times Higher Education=89Subject rank
- U.S. News#74Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Apr 15
- Annual tuition
- $53,000
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 4
New York University
- Grad School Navigator#24University rank
- QS#1Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#16Subject rank
- U.S. News#8Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Jan 7
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 5
University of Washington
- Grad School Navigator#25University rank
- QS#81University rank
- Times Higher Education#76Subject rank
- U.S. News#56Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Jan 4
- Annual tuition
- $33,171
- Program duration
- 120 months
- 6
University of California San Diego
- Grad School Navigator#26University rank
- QS51–100Subject rank
- Times Higher Education=89Subject rank
- U.S. News#71Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Jan 7 +1
- Annual tuition
- $15,102
- Program duration
- 72 months
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The complete list of Philosophy PhD Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.
| Rank | University | Program | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| #4 | Princeton University | Interdepartmental Program in Classical Philosophy | 60 months |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy | 60 months |
| #21 | Carnegie Mellon University | Doctorate in Philosophy and Doctorate in Logic, Computation, and Methodology | 60 months |
| #24 | New York University | Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy | 72 months |
| #25 | University of Washington | Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy | 120 months |
| #26 | University of California San Diego | Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy | 72 months |
| Loyola University Chicago | Doctor of Philosophy in Integrative Studies in Ethics and Theology |
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