17 fee-waived PhD programs in Physics — US
17 programs for a PhD in Physics 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#2Subject rank
- Times Higher Education=2Subject rank
- U.S. News#2Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $59,048
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Grad School Navigator#3University rank
- QS#1Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#4Subject rank
- U.S. News#1Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Program duration
- 84 months
- 3
Princeton University
- Grad School Navigator#4University rank
- QS#10Subject rank
- Times Higher Education=5Subject rank
- U.S. News#10Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $65,210
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 4
University of Pennsylvania
- Grad School Navigator#10University rank
- QS=48Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#31Subject rank
- U.S. News#44Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Jan 6 +1
- Annual tuition
- $46,540
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 5
Johns Hopkins University
- Grad School Navigator#16University rank
- QS#64Subject rank
- Times Higher Education=35Subject rank
- U.S. News#81Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 6
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Grad School Navigator#19University rank
- QS=34Subject rank
- Times Higher Education=27Subject rank
- U.S. News#30Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $60,152
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 7
Duke University
- Grad School Navigator#22University rank
- QS=128Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#53Subject rank
- U.S. News#48Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $67,724
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 8
Northwestern University
- Grad School Navigator#23University rank
- QS=76Subject rank
- Times Higher Education=35Subject rank
- U.S. News#45Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 19
- Annual tuition
- $56,067
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 9
University of Washington
- Grad School Navigator#25University rank
- QS=50Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#25Subject rank
- U.S. News#14Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Nov 1 +2
- Annual tuition
- $33,171
- Program duration
- 120 months
- 10
Brown University
- Grad School Navigator#30University rank
- QS=137Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#56Subject rank
- U.S. News#113Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Jan 9
- Program duration
- 60 months
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The complete list of Physics PhD Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.
| Rank | University | Program | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Harvard University | Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Physics | 72 months |
| #3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | PhD in Physics | 84 months |
| #4 | Princeton University | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics | 60 months |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics | 72 months |
| #16 | Johns Hopkins University | PhD in Physics& Astronomy | 72 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | PhD in Physics | 60 months |
| #22 | Duke University | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics | 60 months |
| #23 | Northwestern University | PhD in Physics | 72 months |
| #25 | University of Washington | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics | 120 months |
| #30 | Brown University | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics | 60 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics | 78 months |
| #39 | Purdue University--West Lafayette | PhD in Physics | |
| #40 | Pennsylvania State University--University Park | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics | |
| #42 | University of Southern California | PhD program in Physics and Astronomy | |
| #47 | Dartmouth College | Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Physics | 60 months |
| #301–400 | Tulane University | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics | |
| Texas Christian University | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics with Astrophysics |
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