8.1k PhD programmes in United States

Students from the History program at the University of California, San Diego will be expected to spend time between their first and sixth years doing archival and/or field research (involving travel outside of San Diego), as required by the demands of their research topic.

The degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Atmospheric Sciences at University of Washington signifies understanding of the nature of knowledge normally attained only through the original solution of a problem of substantial scientific importance.

The Department of Sociology at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill offers the master of arts and doctor of philosophy degrees in sociology. 

The Ed.D. program in Educational Leadership from University of Washington aims to prepare and strengthen educator and community leadership through community grounded approaches, ancestral knowledge, relational learning, disrupting and dismantling systemic oppression and foster healing.

This six-year Law and Medicine program at Boston University is designed for students interested in both medicine and the legal aspects of medicine. It links the MD degree with intensive training in the law and provides a full JD education with an additional focus in the health sector.

Learn to provide comprehensive health care to chronically, acutely, or critically ill adults and elders with this Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner degree at the Texas Christian University. 

Doctoral students in English Composition at the University of Pittsburgh engage in innovative research and teaching while supported by faculty with an interdisciplinary emphasis to writing, pedagogy, and media.

The English Department’s four graduate focal areas in literary studies offer special opportunities for intellectual preparation and innovation to groups of graduate students and faculty members with shared commitments. This English Literature program is offered at the University of Pittsburgh.

The PhD in Film and Media Studies at the University of Pittsburgh is an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental degree that stresses the history, theory, and aesthetics of international cinema, video, television, and new media.

The University of Pittsburgh's graduate program in Hispanic Languages and Literatures is one of the top graduate programs in Latin American literature and cultural studies in the United States.

Earth System Science PhD students at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) join the global scientific community in the effort to define the causes and impacts of climate change and to develop effective solutions for a sustainable future.

The University of Rochester Department of Chemistry is a medium-sized department with internationally recognized research and a small student-to-faculty ratio. 

Building upon its tradition of excellence, the Animal Science doctoral program at Oklahoma State University allows students to discover, develop and distribute scientific knowledge to advance the animal and food industries.

The PhD degree in Chemical Engineering at University of Rochester is a research-based doctoral degree program.

The Nutrition and Metabolism program at University of Wisconsin Madison is sufficiently flexible to allow students with a wide variety of undergraduate degrees to meet the background prerequisites.

Pepperdine's stated mission is to strengthen lives for purpose, service, and leadership. In furtherance of that end, the Caruso School of Law and Seaver College Religion and Philosophy Division have collaborated to provide students with both legal and theological training in an interdisciplinary framework. We offer a degree Juris Doctor - Divinity at the Pepperdine University. 

Our International Human Rights Program at Florida State University includes a wide variety of specialized courses that reflect the expertise of the faculty. 

Admission to the M.S. or Ph.D. Oceanography program at Florida State University is granted upon a favorable majority vote of the faculty and upon agreement of a faculty member to act as a major professor. 

The Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Auburn University offers the professional clinical degree: the Doctor of Audiology (AuD).

The Chemical Engineering Department at Auburn University offers graduate programs leading to the degrees of master of science and doctor of philosophy.