The University of Michigan, based in Ann Arbor, MI offers a fully funded PhD in Communication. The newly redesigned Ph.D. in Communication and Media is an interdisciplinary program with two major strengths: the Social Scientific Analysis of Mass Media Effects and the humanities-based study of Media, Culture and Society. The PhD program provides assistance to all admitted students for the full five years of their study. They offer students a combination of fellowships, teaching assistantships, and research assistantships that include a full tuition waiver for each term of enrollment, and a stipend (ranging from $10,200 to $10,500 per term).