Past PhD Placements in Other Disciplines

2023

In 2023 (2024 cycle), 3 applicants were accepted for the PhD in Business (Cornell), Jurisprudence and Social Policy (UC Berkeley), Education (Oxford). 1 student was accepted for Law School (Harvard). 

2022

In 2022, 1 student was accepted to UChicago for the PhD in The Committee on Social Thought. 15 applicants were accepted for the PhD in Business (Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Ole Miss), Cinema and Media Studies (UCLA), Classics (Southern California), Finance (Northwestern, British Columbia), Global Studies (UC-Irvine), Near Eastern Studies (Cornell), Philosophy (Tulane), Public Policy (Princeton, Lee Kuan Yew), Religious Studies (Princeton, UC-Santa Barbara, Catholic University of America), Science and Technology Studies (Cornell), Social and Decision Sciences (Carnegie Mellon), and Theology (Notre Dame).

2021

In 2021, 1 student was accepted for the PhD in Comparative Human Development. Elsewhere at UChicago, 1 student was accepted for the PhD in Business, 1 was accepted for the PhD in South Asian Languages and Civilizations, and 1 was accepted for the PhD in Social Work. 25 applicants were accepted for the PhD in Applied Linguistics (Columbia), Asian Languages and Literatures (UCLA), Business (UChicago, Columbia, UPenn, Stanford, Toronto, Duke, MIT, UCSD, British Columbia, UCLA, INSEAD, Yale, Northwestern, Washington-St. Louis, NYU, Southern California, Utah, Northwestern, Colorado-Boulder, National University of Singapore, McMaster, and Boston University), Central Eurasian Studies (Indiana-Bloomington), Communications (Wisconsin-Madison, UIC), Education (UC-Irvine, Purdue), Gender Studies (Toronto), Modern Thought and Literature (Stanford), Philosophy (Toronto, Tulane), Public Policy (Harvard), Social Policy (Brandeis), Social Work (UChicago), and South Asian Languages and Civilizations (UChicago). Finally, 4 students were accepted for Law School (Toronto, NYU, UT-Austin, UC-Berkeley).

2020

In 2020, 2 students were accepted for the PhD in Comparative Human Development. 1 student was accepted for the PhD in Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science. Elsewhere at UChicago, 1 student was accepted for the PhD in Comparative Literature, 1 was accepted for the PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and 1 was accepted for the PhD in Public Policy. 22 applicants were accepted for the PhD in American Studies (Michigan), Business (Northwestern, UPenn, MIT, Stanford, Cornell, UC-Berkeley, UIC, Toronto, Maryland, INSEAD, HKUST, Pittsburgh, Singapore Management), Communications (Simon Fraser), Comparative Literature (UChicago, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, UC-Santa Cruz, UC-Santa Barbara), Critical Thought (Northwestern), East Asian Languages and Civilizations (UChicago, UC-Berkeley, Columbia), Education (Vanderbilt), Geography (UC-Berkeley), Public Health (University of Otago), Public Policy (UChicago, USC), Religious Studies (Fuller Theological), and Science and Technology Studies (MIT). Finally, 2 students received funded offers in Law (William & Mary, Hastings, UNLV, UConn, Loyola Marymount).

2019

In 2019, 2 students were accepted for the PhD in Comparative Human Development. 1 student was accepted for the PhD in Social Thought. 1 student was accepted for the PhD in Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science. Elsewhere at UChicago, 2 students were accepted for the PhD in the Booth School of Business, 2 were accepted for the PhD in the Harris School of Public Policy, 1 was accepted in Divinity, and 1 was accepted for the PhD in Public Health Sciences. 37 applicants were accepted for the PhD in Information Science (UC-Irvine, Illinois-Urbana Champaign), Geography (UC-Berkeley, UC-Santa Barbara), East Asian Languages and Civilizations (Columbia, Illinois-Urbana Champaign), Middle East Studies (Michigan-Ann Arbor), Science and Technology Studies (Cornell, UC-San Diego, Rensselaer Polytechnic), Demography (Princeton), Survey Methodology (Michigan-Ann Arbor), Criminal Justice (Temple, SUNY-Albany, UC-Irvine, Maryland), Public Policy (UChicago, Ohio State, Harvard, University of Southern California), Urban Planning (UC-Berkeley, Wisconsin-Madison), Education (Vanderbilt), Communication Sciences and Disorders (CUNY, Northwestern), Art History (Maryland, Ohio State, Kansas), Marketing/Behavioral Science (Toronto, Northwestern, UCLA, Hong Kong, NYU, UC-San Diego, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Colorado-Boulder, Hong Kong Polytechnic), Business (UChicago, London, Yale, UCLA, INSEAD, Northwestern, UC-Berkeley, Illinois-Urbana Champaign, UIC), Public Health (UChicago, UC-San Diego-San Diego State, Washington-St. Louis, UIC, Rutgers, Iowa, Maryland), and Divinity (UChicago). 3 students received funded offers in Law (UCLA, Georgetown, Columbia, Cornell, UC-Davis, Loyola, University of Southern California, St. Louis, and Wayne State).

2018

In 2018, 4 MAPSS applicants were accepted for the PhD in Comparative Human Development at UChicago. 20 applicants were accepted for the PhD in Communications (Stanford, NYU, University of Southern California, UC-Davis), Urban Planning (MIT, UC-Berkeley, UPenn, UCLA, Washington-Seattle, Illinois-Urbana Champaign, Rutgers), Women’s and Gender Studies (Kentucky), Public Policy (Colorado-Denver, Duke), Human Development and Family Studies (Michigan State), Marketing (Cornell, NYU, Washington-St. Louis, South Carolina, Washington-Seattle, Boston University), Management and Organizations (Northwestern), Informatics (Indiana-Bloomington), Science and Technology Studies (Cornell), American Studies (Harvard), Islamic Studies (Emory), Comparative Literature (UC-Davis), and Religious Studies (Texas-Austin and UC-Davis). 3 students received funded offers in Law (Harvard, UC-Berkeley, Vanderbilt, DePaul, Notre Dame, and Northwestern). 1 applicant received an offer for Medical School (Korea). 2 students were accepted for an additional Masters in Social Work (UChicago and Michigan-Ann Arbor), and 1 for a Master’s in Public Health (Rutgers). 

2017

In 2017, 4 of our graduates were accepted for the PhD in American Studies (Michigan, UC-San Diego), Media and Communications (Temple), Survey Methodology (joint programs at Michigan, Maryland), and Music (UChicago, UPenn, Harvard, and Columbia). 6 students received funded offers in Law (Yale, Harvard, Michigan, Berkeley, Duke, Northwestern, Cornell, NYU, Texas-Austin, Georgetown, Washington-St. Louis, Boston University, Notre Dame, Emory, Ohio State, Minnesota, UC-Hastings, University of Southern California, UC-Davis, Washington-Seattle, Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine, UC-Irvine, and Indiana-Bloomington). 3 were accepted for additional Masters degrees in Art History (NYU), Economics (Barcelona, LSE, Stockholm), Human Rights (Padova), Human Development and Food Security (Roma Tre, Edinburgh), Public Policy (Sciences Po, Torino), and Humanitarian Action (NOHA).

2016

In 2016, our graduates also had funded PhD offers in (1) Comparative Human Development, (6) Southern Asian Studies (UChicago, Harvard), Public Health (Emory, University of Southern California, NYU, Washington-St. Louis, George Washington, Johns Hopkins), Communications (LSE, University of Southern California), English (UNC-Chapel Hill, Washington-Seattle), and Design (Illinois Institute of Design). Four students received funded offers in Law (UC-Berkeley, NYU, Georgetown, UCLA, University of Southern California, UC-Davis, UC-Hastings, Michigan, Cornell, Washington-St. Louis, Minnesota, Columbia, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Chicago-Kent, Notre Dame, Emory) and one was accepted with funding to Medical School (University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola). 

2015

In 2015, our graduates also had funded PhD offers in Business (Harvard, Michigan, MIT), Social Work (UChicago), Public Policy (Indiana, Brandeis, Minnesota, UMass-Boston, Penn State), Geography (Illinois-Urbana Champaign, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Northern Illinois), English (Boston College), Audiology (Illinois-Urbana Champaign), and Biology (Case Western). They received partially funded Law School offers from Northwestern, Chicago-Kent, Texas-Austin, Cornell, Loyola, Berkeley, DePaul, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, UCLA, and Villanova.    

2014

In 2014, our graduates also had funded PhD offers in Divinity (UChicago), Marketing/Behavioral Science (UChicago-Booth, UCLA), Economics (Helsinki Swedish), Communications (Wisconsin-Madison, North Carolina, Michigan-Ann Arbor, Illinois-Chicago, Northwestern, Minnesota, Pennsylvania), Philosophy (UC-Riverside), Public Health (Hopkins, UIC, Harvard, and Iowa), Education (UCLA, Temple, Michigan-Ann Arbor, UC-Irvine, Harvard, Michigan State, Virginia), Social Work (Washington-St. Louis), Women’s Studies (UC-Santa Cruz, SUNY-Stony Brook), Comparative Literature (CUNY), and Performance Studies (NYU).

2013

In 2013, they had funded doctoral offers in Education (Toronto), Ethnic Studies (UC-San Diego), African American Studies (UC-Irvine), Germanic Studies (Michigan), Near Eastern Studies (Princeton), Geography (Manchester), Communications and Media Technology (UC-Santa Barbara, UC-Irvine, Illinois-Chicago, Massachusetts, Drexel, Nottingham), Advertising (Texas), and Urban Planning (Michigan, Kentucky, Virginia Tech).

2012

 In 2012, they had funded doctoral offers in Architecture (Michigan, Illinois), Philosophy (St. Andrews, Purdue, Ruhr-Bochum), Public Affairs (Texas), English (Duke, NYU, Wisconsin, UC-Santa Barbara, Vanderbilt, Virginia), Folklore (Indiana), Women’s Studies (Emory), Linguistics (UC-Los Angeles, NYU, Oxford, University College London), African-American Studies (NYU), Near Eastern Studies (Harvard, UC-Los Angeles), Culture & Media Studies (NYU), Classics (UC-Santa Barbara), Religion (Syracuse, UC-Santa Barbara), Business/Marketing (UChicago, Toronto, UC-San Diego), and Education (Michigan State, Michigan, Stanford).

2011

 In 2011, they had funded doctoral offers in East Asian Studies (Columbia, Toronto), Latin American Studies (UC-Berkeley), Religion (Toronto, Vanderbilt), Marketing (Pennsylvania), Communications (Pennsylvania), and Criminal Justice (CUNY, Temple, Michigan State).