A Master's degree is required for admission to the Ph.D. program. Applicants without a Master's degree who are interested in the Ph.D must apply for the M.A. program.
Applicants to the Ph.D. program must have a master's degree with a minimum 3.5 GPA.


To be eligible for admission to the PhD program in Communication, applicants must have earned an MA or MS degree before beginning the Fall term.

Writing sample (thesis chapters or prospectus preferred)

3 letters of recommendation addressing the applicant's academic and intellectual qualifications

Statement of Purpose (500-2000 words) should be broken into the following sections: (a) your scholarly and research interests in the field of communication, (b) why you wish to pursue graduate study in the Department of Communication at the University of Arizona (including explicit connections between your research interests and our faculty's areas of expertise), and (c) your plans following completion of your graduate degree. Prospective PhD students should incorporate specific information on their plans for doing research in our graduate program into this statement. We encourage applicants to list one or two specific core faculty with whom they wish to work.

Standardized Tests
GRE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CODE: 4832 DEPT GRE CODE: 4507

Required test(s): GRE Geneal Tests: Verbal, Quantitative, Analytical Writing Subtests. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS also required to take English Proficiency exam: TOEFL preferred.

Minimum GRE Verbal: 156
Minimum GRE Quantitative: 146
Minumum GRE Written: 4.5

Minimum TOEFL: 95 IBT, 250 CBT, 600 PB

IELTS: composite score of 7, with no supject area below 6