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14 PhD programmes offered by the university

Education and Human Resource Studies - Organizational Learning, Performance, and Change
The Education and Human Resource Studies - Organizational Learning, Performance, and Change program from Colorado State University is designed to prepare you for roles and responsibilities as a research professor or a leader in a variety of industries, such as Corporate, Government, Military, Medical, Nonprofit.

Applied Developmental Science
The Applied Developmental Science program at Colorado State University offers graduate training in research and its applications to issues that affect the quality of life of individuals, families, and communities.

Anthropology
This innovative Anthropology program from Colorado State University builds on the diverse research interests of our faculty who specialize in cultural anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology as well as human and physical geography.

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.

Economics
The Economics program from Colorado State University combines rigorous training in economic theory and research methods with inquiry into philosophical and social issues surrounding economic analysis.

Agricultural and Resource Economics
The Agricultural and Resource Economics program from Colorado State University is a STEM-OPT certified program that prepares students in microeconomic theory, quantitative methods, and coursework in the fields of agricultural and environmental and natural resource economics.
Sociology
Graduate study in Sociology at Colorado State University is designed to provide the qualified student with professional competence in sociological theory and research methods, and social change.
Applied Social and Health Psychology
The Applied Social and Health Psychology (ASHP) program is one of five doctoral programs within the Department of Psychology at Colorado State University.
Music Therapy
The Colorado State University Ph.D. in Music Therapy emphasizes research and scholarship, as appropriate for the music therapist who aspires to a career in research, college-level teaching, or advanced clinical practice.
Political Science - Environmental Politics and Policy
The Political Science - Environmental Politics and Policy program from Colorado State University offers a unique combination of specialized instruction in environmental politics and policy from our experienced faculty.
Counseling Psychology
The Graduate Program in Counseling Psychology at Colorado State University is based upon a scientist-practitioner model of training.
Political Science
The Ph.D. Political Science program from Colorado State University offers a unique combination of specialized instruction in environmental politics and policy from our experienced faculty.
Cognitive Psychology
The Cognitive Psychology program from Colorado State University is committed to being a nationally recognized program in cognitive psychology and to training first-rate researchers and scholars in the science of the human mind.
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
The Industrial and Organizational Psychology program at Colorado State University is designed to train psychologists who are qualified in the scientific study of human behavior in the world of work.