48 PhD programs in Social Work/Sociology without the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) — US
48 programs for a PhD in Social Work/Sociology in the US that answer which programs in this group do not require the GRE. Every program here states that the GRE is not required or not accepted.
no-GRE Programs
Every program here states that the GRE is not required or not accepted.
- 1
Harvard University
- Grad School Navigator#1University rank
- QS#5University rank
- Times Higher Education=5University rank
- U.S. News#1University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $59,048
- Program duration
- 96 months
- 2
Stanford University
- Grad School Navigator#2University rank
- QS#3University rank
- Times Higher Education=5University rank
- U.S. News#3University rank
- Application deadline
- Nov 17
- Annual tuition
- $63,540
- Program duration
- 84 months
- 3
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 1
- Annual tuition
- $40,154
- 4
University of Pennsylvania
- Grad School Navigator#10University rank
- QS#15University rank
- Times Higher Education#14University rank
- U.S. News#17University rank
- Application deadline
- Feb 15
- Program duration
- 36 months
- 5
Columbia University
- Grad School Navigator#12University rank
- QS#38University rank
- Times Higher Education#20University rank
- U.S. News#10University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 18
- Annual tuition
- $56,840
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 6
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
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 7
Duke University
- Grad School Navigator#22University rank
- QS#62University rank
- Times Higher Education#28University rank
- U.S. News#30University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 18
- Annual tuition
- $69,880
- 8
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
- 108 months
- 9
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 +1
- Annual tuition
- $33,171
- Program duration
- 96 months
- 10
University of California San Diego
- Grad School Navigator#26University rank
- QS#66University rank
- Times Higher Education#47University rank
- U.S. News#23University rank
- Annual tuition
- $36,575
- Program duration
- 96 months
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The complete list of Social Work/Sociology PhD Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.
| Rank | University | Program | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Harvard University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 96 months |
| #2 | Stanford University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology of Education | 84 months |
| #6 | University of California, Berkeley | PhD in Social Welfare | |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Philosophy in History and Sociology of Science | 72 months |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctorate in Clinical Social Work | 36 months |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | PhD in Demography | 48 months |
| #12 | Columbia University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 72 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | PhD in sociology | 60 months |
| #22 | Duke University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #23 | Northwestern University | Doctor of Sociology | 108 months |
| #25 | University of Washington | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 96 months |
| #26 | University of California San Diego | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 96 months |
| #30 | Brown University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 60 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 48 months |
| #35 | University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 60 months |
| #36 | Washington University in St. Louis | PhD in Sociology | 72 months |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin--Madison | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 72 months |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin--Madison | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #39 | Purdue University--West Lafayette | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #41 | University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 60 months |
| #42 | University of Southern California | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | |
| #42 | University of Southern California | PhD in Sociology | |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | PhD in Sociology-Gender And Sexuality | |
| #62 | University of California, Davis | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 84 months |
| #72 | University of Minnesota--Twin Cities | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 60 months |
| #84 | University of Massachusetts--Amherst | PhD in Sociology | 84 months |
| #85 | Boston University | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 24 months |
| #91 | Michigan State University | PhD in Sociology | 72 months |
| #93 | Texas A&M University--College Station | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #95 | Ohio State University--Columbus | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | |
| #98 | Virginia Tech | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #99 | University of Georgia | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 60 months |
| #119 | University of California, Santa Cruz | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #126 | Indiana University--Bloomington | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 36 months |
| #183 | University of Illinois--Chicago | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #251–300 | Stony Brook University--SUNY | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 12 months |
| #301–400 | University of California, Riverside | PhD in Sociology | 72 months |
| #301–400 | University of Iowa | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 48 months |
| #301–400 | University of Iowa | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| Baylor University | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | ||
| Binghamton University--SUNY | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | ||
| Brandeis University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | ||
| City University of New York | PhD in Sociology | ||
| Syracuse University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | ||
| The New School | PhD in Sociology | ||
| University of Denver | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 48 months | |
| Yeshiva University | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 48 months |
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