Overview

Department of Communication / Department of Communication is located in Pittsburgh, PA, in an urban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Master of Arts (MA)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	1
Doctoral Degrees	9

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?	No
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?	No

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test Comp Exam Required Thesis Optional
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test Comp Exam Required Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

66

Applied

2

Accepted

2

Enrolled

Applying

75

Application Fee - Domestic

75

Application Fee - International

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	January 4th	January 4th	Yes
Winter deadline	January 3rd	January 3rd	Yes

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE General Test
Master's Degree Requirements	Sample of written work, curriculum vitae
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE General Test
Doctoral Degree Requirements	Sample of written work, curriculum vitae

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 550 TOEFL IBT score: 80
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 6.5

Tuition & Fees

Tuition & Fees

$302,130

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Application deadlines for financial awards	January 3
Types of financial support available	Fellowships Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Institutionally-sponsored Loans Scholarship and/or loans Traineership Tuition waivers for student who do not receive fellowships or assistantships Federal Work-Study

Student Body

33

Total Graduate Students

Not Reported

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	15.15%
Black or African American	15.15%
White or Caucasian	75%
American Indian or Alaska Native	3.03%
Asian	6.06%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	3.03%
Two or more races	3.03%
Unknown	12.12%

Gender

Male (54%)

Female (45%)

Faculty

9

Total faculty

Full-time - 9

Part-time - 0

Male (7)

Female (2)

Research

Focus of faculty research:

Emphasizes critical, cultural, historical, philosophical, and theoretical approaches to studying contexts of power, knowledge, and desire that exert differential impacts on various bodies and groups. Research, teaching, and extracurricular community interventions attend to structures of power informing race, class, gender, sex, sexuality, ability, and other intersecting axes of social difference. Students and faculty examine the forms of persuasion, protest, silence, coming-to-voice, testimony, noise, and imagination to transform inequality.

Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:

5,000

Location & Contact

Address 4200 Fifth Avenue
Victoria Building
Pittsburgh, PA  15260
United States

Contact Dr. Lester Olson
Department Chair
Email: olson@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-1564
Fax: 412-624-1878

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