Iowa City,
IA,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
Earning a PhD necessitates completing at least 72 semester hours of graduate coursework before finalizing the dissertation. Admission to doctoral candidacy occurs through a faculty-wide vote in the Philosophy Department, typically following three semesters of full-time graduate study. The program is designed for students to fulfill all degree requirements within five years, with most recent graduates completing their studies between 4.5 and 5.5 years. Each fall, the PhD program enrolls four to six new students.