10 PhD programmes offered by the university

The objective of this Human and Community Development program at West Virginia University is to provide doctoral students the opportunity to study and conduct research with faculty in areas of excellence in the Division of Resource Management, in particular, and in other divisions in the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, in general.

Thje Political Science degree at West Virginia University is built on the core aspects of the great liberal arts tradition. Our strengths are logic, appropriate data, analysis and communication.

The Psychology Department at West Virginia University offers doctoral training in Psychology - Behavior Analysis. 

This is the first doctoral Sociology program in the state of West Virginia University. Each graduate program sets their own term of admission and application deadline.

The College at West Virginia University offers the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree with specializations in financial Economics, international economics, monetary economics, public economics, regional and urban economics, and resource economics. 

The PhD program in Communication Studies at West Virginia University is intended to qualify the student to teach and conduct research in instructional communication, interpersonal communication or organizational communication at the university level.

The Social and Behavioral Sciences concentration in the Public Health Sciences PhD program at West Virginia University incorporates both theory and application and emphasizes both evidence-based, theory-driven primary prevention of disease and injury and health promotion research and practice. 

The behavioral neuroscience area of emphasis is the newest and fastest growing area in the Department of Psychology. We offer a Psychology - Behavioral Neuroscience degree at the West Virginia University.

The Geography PhD at West Virginia University is an advanced research degree, with coursework, comprehensive exams and a major research investigation. 

The Psychology - Life Span Development degree at the West Virginia University combines breadth of training in perspectives on normal development across the life span with depth and rigor of training in an area of specialization selected by the student.