Cornell University, based in Ithaca, NY offers a fully funded PhD in Communication. The Ph.D. degree is a research degree. The doctoral program in the Field of Communication at Cornell is designed to be a small, high-quality program that will encourage students’ interests in proposing, testing, and refining communication theory using empirical, social science research methods. Once admitted, all students are fully funded by the Department for five years through assistantships and/or fellowships, provided suitable progress is being made toward completing the degree.