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77 PhD programmes in Communication Studies in North America
Liberty University4,3(23)
Online Communication (Online)
This Communication (Online) PhD program from Liberty University Online is a good next step in your academic and professional journey. Liberty’s doctoral program focuses primarily on research and theory, allowing you to strengthen and enhance your knowledge of communications.
Ph.D. Part-time Online
4 years$10,125/yr
Colorado State University4,1(94)
Fort Collins, United States Top 4.9% in Worldwide Communication
The Communication program from Colorado State University creates a cadre of scholars and practitioners capable of engaging with academic and professional communities to meet the challenges of our increasingly interdependent and globally diverse social worlds.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$31,556/yr
University of Memphis4,3(18)
Memphis, United States Top 15.3% in Worldwide Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication
The Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication program offered by University of Memphis prepares students to teach and conduct research in the areas of composition, rhetoric, technical communication, and writing program administration.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
Tuition not available
Simon Fraser University4,1(88)
Burnaby, Canada Top 4.4% in Worldwide Communication
The School of Communication at Simon Fraser University has an international reputation for its critical scholarship on urgent social and political problems affecting contemporary societies, locally and globally.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
$3,036/yr
University of California, Davis4,3(12)
Davis, United States Top 1% in Worldwide Communication
The Communication program at University of California, Davis focuses on the social scientific study of human communication using quantitative research methods with a concentration in mediated communication and digital society.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$30,691/yr
Washington State University4,5(36)
Pullman, United States Top 5.2% in Worldwide Communication
The doctoral program in Communication at Washington State University provides world class curriculum, faculty, and facilities to prepare students as scholars and educators.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$15,109/yr
New York University4,3(117)
New York City, United States Top 0.4% in Worldwide Communicative Sciences and Disorders
Get the training you need to become an academic researcher and scholar. Through rigorous research experience, intensive course work, and collaboration with faculty mentors, you'll gain the skills for a career as an independent researcher in Communicative Sciences and Disorders at the New York University.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$16,358/yr
University of Memphis4,3(18)
Memphis, United States Top 15.3% in Worldwide Communication
The Communication programme offered by University of Memphis develops advanced expertise in message design, media influence, and professional discourse analysis.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
Tuition not available
Northwestern University4,3(52)
Evanston, United States Top 0.4% in Worldwide Communication Sciences and Disorders
The Communication Sciences and Disorders program at Northwestern University brings together researchers studying mechanisms and disorders of communication in an interdisciplinary setting.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$9,344/yr
University of Missouri - Columbia4,3(10)
Columbia, United States Top 6% in Worldwide Communication
The Communication program offered by University of Missouri - Columbia takes social scientific and critical approaches to the study of communication.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$25,924/yr
The University of New Mexico4,1(33)
Albuquerque, United States Top 9.2% in Worldwide Communication
The Ph.D. program from The University of New Mexico features the study of culture and Communication applied to three areas of concentration: critical intercultural studies, health communication, and media studies.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$29,146/yr
The University of Iowa4,0(4)
Iowa City, United States Top 4.2% in Worldwide Communication Studies
The mission of the Department of Communication Studies at The University of Iowa is to explore the central role that communication plays in shaping our relationships, institutions, and societies.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$32,776/yr
McGill University4,4(97)
Montréal, Canada Top 0.6% in Worldwide Communication Studies
The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Communication Studies offered by the Department of Art History & Communications in the Faculty of Arts at McGill University is a research-intensive program that emphasizes advanced and stimulating learning opportunities.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$13,142/yr
Regent University4,4(7)
Online Communication
The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Communication at Regent University is offered online with a one-week summer residency in Virginia Beach.
Ph.D. Part-time Online
5 years$12,416/yr
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign4,5(28)
Urbana, United States Top 0.8% in Worldwide Communication
To be accepted as a candidate for the Communication Ph.D. degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, a student must either present a well-rounded undergraduate education with an emphasis in communication and a master's in a cognate discipline, or hold a master's degree in communication from an accredited institution.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
7 years$32,204/yr
Drexel University4,3(155)
Philadelphia, United States Top 6.2% in Worldwide Communication, Culture, and Media
The graduate and doctorate degree in Communication, Culture, and Media (CCM) at Drexel University is a great choice for academically oriented students who wish to learn the basics of research and theory in communication and media studies, possibly to test the waters for further study, or to explore a personal fascination with mass media, mediated communication, social change and media.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 yearsTuition not available
Texas A&M University4,1(20)
College Station, United States Top 2.1% in Worldwide Communication
The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program in Communication at Texas A&M University is research-intensive and allows students to specialize in one or more areas of study,
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$16,217/yr
Toronto Metropolitan University4,3(97)
Toronto, Canada Top 14% in Worldwide Communication and Culture
The Communication and Culture PhD degree delivered by Toronto Metropolitan University provides a thorough grounding in theory and method, and the practices, processes and technologies of contemporary, media-immersed cultures.
Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
4 years$19,048/yr
Arizona State University4,3(217)
Tempe, United States Top 2.3% in Worldwide English (Writing, Rhetorics and Literacies)
The PhD program in English (Writing, Rhetorics and Literacies) at Arizona State University promotes the study of rhetorical strategies, production, distribution and interpretation of oral, written, digital, visual, discursive, material and symbolic texts.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$27,810/yr
University of California, San Diego4,3(16)
San Diego, United States Top 0.4% in Worldwide Language and Communicative Disorders
The Language and Communicative Disorders program at the University of California, San Diego’s focus is the interdisciplinary study of language and communicative disorders.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$36,477/yr