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Aerospace Engineering MS
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African American Studies MA
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African Studies MA
African Studies MA - Community Health Sciences MPH
American Indian Studies MA
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Architecture PHD
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Art MFA
Asian American Studies MA
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Asian American Studies MA - Social Welfare MSW
Asian Languages and Cultures PHD
Astronomy and Astrophysics PHD
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences MS
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences PHD
Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology PHD
Bioengineering MS
Bioengineering PHD
Biology MS
Biology PHD
Biomathematics MS
Biomathematics PHD
Bioscience MS - Bioinformatics
Bioscience PHD - Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology
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Bioscience PHD - Cell & Developmental Biology
Bioscience PHD - Gene Regulation, Epigenomics & Transcriptomics
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Bioscience PHD - Neuroscience
Bioscience PHD - Physics & Biology in Medicine
Biostatistics MPH
Biostatistics MS
Biostatistics PHD
Chemical Engineering MS
Chemical Engineering PHD
Chemistry MACS - Master of Applied Chemical Sciences
Chemistry PHD
Chicana/o and Central American Studies PHD
Choreographic Inquiry MFA
Civil Engineering MS
Civil Engineering PHD
Classics PHD
Clinical Research MS
Communication PHD
Community Health Sciences MPH
Community Health Sciences MS
Community Health Sciences PHD
Comparative Literature PHD
Computer Science MS
Computer Science PHD
Conservation of Cultural Heritage MA
Conservation of Material Culture PHD
Culture and Performance PHD
Data Science in Biomedicine MS
Data Science in Health MDSH
Design & Media Arts MFA
East Asian Studies MA
Economics MQE - Master of Quantitative Economics
Economics PHD
Education MA
Education MED -- MSA, PLI, TCL, TEP programs only
Education PHD
Educational Leadership Program EDD
Electrical and Computer Engineering MS
Electrical and Computer Engineering PHD
Engineering MENG - Master of Engineering
Engineering Online MS
Engineering Online MS Aerospace
Engineering Online MS Computer Networking
Engineering Online MS Electrical
Engineering Online MS Electronic Materials
Engineering Online MS Integrated Circuits
Engineering Online MS Manufacturing and Design
Engineering Online MS Materials Science
Engineering Online MS Mechanical
Engineering Online MS Signal Processing and Communications
Engineering Online MS Structural Materials
English PHD
Environment and Sustainability PHD
Environmental and Molecular Toxicology PHD
Environmental Health Sciences MPH
Environmental Health Sciences MS
Environmental Health Sciences PHD
Environmental Science & Engineering DEV
Epidemiology MPH
Epidemiology MS
Epidemiology PHD
Ethnomusicology PHD
Executive Master of Public Health MPH (Weekend Program)
Film and Television MA (Cinema and Media Studies ONLY; for screenwriting, cinematography, producers program, animation, see MFA Film and Television)
Film and Television MFA (animation, cinematography, producers program, production/directing, screenwriting)
Film and Television PHD (Cinema and Media Studies ONLY, see MFA FIlm and Television for other specializations)
French & Francophone Studies PHD
Gender Studies PHD
Genetic Counseling MS
Geochemistry MS
Geochemistry PHD
Geography PHD
Geology MS
Geology PHD
Geophysics & Space Physics MS
Geophysics & Space Physics PHD
Germanic Languages PHD
Health Management MPH
Health Policy & Management MPH
Health Policy & Management MS
Health Policy & Management PHD
Health Policy MPH
Healthcare Administration MHA
Hispanic Languages & Literatures PHD
History PHD
Indo-European Studies MA
Indo-European Studies PHD
Information Studies PHD
Islamic Studies MA
Islamic Studies PHD
Italian PHD
Latin American Studies MA
Latin American Studies MA - Community Health Sciences MPH
Latin American Studies MA - Education Med (Not currently accepting applications)
Latin American Studies MA - Library and Information Science MLIS
Latin American Studies MA - Urban and Regional Planning MURP
Law JD - Biostatistics MPH
Law JD - Community Health Sciences MPH
Law JD - Environmental Health Sciences MPH
Law JD - Epidemiology MPH
Law JD - Health Management MPH
Law JD - Health Policy and Management MPH
Law JD - Health Policy MPH
Library & Information Science Certificate PMCERT
Library & Information Science MLI
Linguistics PHD
Management - Business Analytics MS
Management - MS, PHD
Management MBA - Computer Science MS
Management MBA - Health Management MPH
Management MBA - Health Policy and Management MPH
Management MBA - Health Policy MPH
Management MBA - Latin American Studies MA
Management MBA - Library and Information Science MLIS
Management MBA - Nursing MSN MECN
Management MBA - Urban and Regional Planning MURP
Management MFE - Master of Financial Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering MS
Master of Applied Geospatial Information Systems & Technologies MAGIST
Master of Legal Studies MLST
Master of Public Health in Community Health, Health Promotion and Education MPH
Master of Quantum Science and Technology MQST
Master of Real Estate Development MRED
Master of Social Science MSS
Materials Science & Engineering MS
Materials Science & Engineering PHD
Mathematics PHD
Mechanical Engineering MS
Mechanical Engineering PHD
Medicine MD - Any Graduate Division Major PhD
Medicine MD - Biostatistics MPH
Medicine MD - Clinical Research MS
Medicine MD - Community Health Sciences MPH
Medicine MD - Education MA
Medicine MD - Environmental Health Sciences MPH
Medicine MD - Epidemiology MPH
Medicine MD - Health Management MPH
Medicine MD - Health Policy and Management MPH
Medicine MD - Health Policy MPH
Medicine MD - Master of Legal Studies MLST
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology MS
Music DMA
Music MA
Music MM
Music PHD
Musicology PHD
Near Eastern Languages & Cultures MA
Near Eastern Languages & Cultures PHD
Nursing MSN MECN
Nursing PHD
Nursing Post-BS to DNP
Oral Biology MS
Oral Biology MS - Dentistry DDS
Oral Biology PHD
Oral Biology PhD - Dentistry Certificate
Oral Biology PhD - Dentistry DDS
Philosophy PHD
Philosophy PHD - Law JD
Physics PHD
Physiological Science MS
Planetary Science MS
Planetary Science PHD
Political Science PHD
Psychology PHD
Public Policy MPP
Public Policy MPP - Health Policy and Management MPH
Public Policy MPP - Health Policy MPH
Public Policy MPP - Law JD
Public Policy MPP - Management MBA
Public Policy MPP - Medicine M.D.
Public Policy MPP - Social Welfare MSW
Scandinavian MA
Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Languages & Cultures PHD
Social Welfare MSW
Social Welfare MSW - Community Health Sciences MPH
Social Welfare MSW - Law JD
Social Welfare PHD
Sociology PHD
Special Education PHD
Statistics MASDS - Master of Applied Statistics & Data Science
Statistics MS
Statistics PHD
Teaching Asian Languages MA
Theater and Performance Studies PHD
Theater MFA (specialties in Acting, Design for Theater and Entertainment Media, Directing, or Playwriting)
Urban and Regional Planning - Institut d'Etudes de Paris MURP
Urban and Regional Planning MURP
Urban and Regional Planning MURP - Community Health Sciences MPH
Urban and Regional Planning MURP - Environmental Health Sciences MPH
Urban and Regional Planning MURP - Law JD
Urban Planning PHD
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