8 fee-waived PhD programs in Politics/International Relations — US
8 programs for a PhD in Politics/International Relations 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
Stanford University
- Grad School Navigator#2University rank
- QS#3University rank
- Times Higher Education=5University rank
- U.S. News#3University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 2
- Annual tuition
- $63,540
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 2
University of Pennsylvania
- Grad School Navigator#10University rank
- QS#15University rank
- Times Higher Education#14University rank
- U.S. News#17University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 3
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 15
- Annual tuition
- $33,372
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 4
New York University
- Grad School Navigator#24University rank
- QS#55University rank
- Times Higher Education=31University rank
- U.S. News#36University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 18
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 5
University of Washington
- Grad School Navigator#25University rank
- QS#81University rank
- Times Higher Education#25University rank
- U.S. News#12University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15 +1
- Annual tuition
- $33,171
- Program duration
- 84 months
- 6
Brown University
- Grad School Navigator#30University rank
- QS#69University rank
- Times Higher Education#65University rank
- U.S. News#144University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 16
- Annual tuition
- $71,700
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 7
Rice University
- Grad School Navigator#34University rank
- QS#119University rank
- Times Higher Education=103University rank
- U.S. News#201University rank
- Application deadline
- Apr 1 +1
- Program duration
- 120 months
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Complete Program List8 programs
The complete list of Politics/International Relations PhD Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.
| Rank | University | Program | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| #2 | Stanford University | Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science | 72 months |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science | 72 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | PhD in Political Science | 72 months |
| #24 | New York University | Doctor of Philosophy in Politics | 60 months |
| #25 | University of Washington | PhD in Political Science | 84 months |
| #30 | Brown University | Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science | 72 months |
| #34 | Rice University | Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science | 120 months |
| Loyola University Chicago | Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (Specialization of Global Politics) | 72 months |
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