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69 PhD programmes in Linguistics in United States

Language, Literacy and Culture
This Language, Literacy and Culture PhD programme at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is an interdisciplinary programme which investigates the concepts and processes of language, literacy, and culture in relationship to social, cultural, linguistic, historical, technological, and ideological formations.
Linguistics
Our PhD Linguistics program at Yale University takes a distinctively integrative and interdisciplinary approach in investigating the systems of knowledge that comprise our linguistic competence. Students are exposed to different methodological approaches, while receiving firm grounding in the traditional domains of linguistics.
Linguistics
The Linguistics program at Northwestern University provides students with a solid background in linguistic theory with an emphasis on empirical and experimental methodologies.
Linguistics
At the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Linguistics.
Linguistics
The Linguistics Ph.D. program at University of Wisconsin Madison focuses on research in formal theories of language (encompassing cross-linguistic studies in syntax, phonology, and morphology) and the documentation and revitalization of American Indian languages.
Spanish Linguistics
The Spanish Linguistics program at Georgetown University is offered in close collaboration with the Department of Linguistics.
Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University offers four concentrations leading to the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Linguistics.
Linguistics and Cognitive Sciences
The Ph.D. in Linguistics and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Delaware is designed to furnish students with a solid background in theoretical linguistics as well as to direct them to advanced study in a particular area of specialization.
Language, Reading and Culture
The Language, Reading and Culture degree at The University of Arizona provides a vehicle for training specialists who wish to prepare themselves for leadership roles in reading or bilingual/ESL education, and those seeking advanced academic preparation in these areas.
Applied Linguistics
The PhD program in Applied Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Boston is a critically-oriented community of scholars, researchers, and activists dedicated to understanding linguistic diversity in everyday life.
Spanish
The PhD in Spanish at the University of South Carolina allows students to conduct research in Spanish and Latin American literary and cultural studies.
Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
The Ph.D. program in Linguistics and Applied Language Studies (LALS) at the University of South Florida prepares students for research and teaching in the interdisciplinary field of Applied Linguistics.
Linguistics
The interests of the faculty cover a wide range of areas in theoretical and experimental linguistics. The field's graduate program covers all facets of linguistics, as well as an exceptionally broad spectrum of courses dealing with computational linguistics, field methods and historical linguistics. The Linguistics program is offered by Cornell University.
Linguistic Anthropology
Working closely with cultural anthropologists in the department, linguistic anthropologists examine how language use and choice shape the cultural and social diversity of communities and persons. We offer a Linguistic Anthropology degree at New York University.
Linguistics
The Linguistics program from the New York University has a foreign language requirement. Our department does not offer any courses in applied linguistics.
Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics at University of California, Berkeley takes a broad approach to the study of language.
Educational Linguistics
Take your language-teaching expertise—and your career—to the next level in our part-time Educational Linguistics doctoral program at the University of Pennsylvania.
Linguistics
The Graduate Group in Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania is an interdisciplinary team of faculty from the Department of Linguistics and related departments. Our program has strong concentrations in several areas and a tradition of collaboration among its faculty.
Educational Linguistics
The Educational Linguistics Ph.D. program at the University of Pennsylvania focuses on language learning and teaching as well as the role of language in education.
Linguistics
Ph.D. students in the Department of Linguistics at Indiana University Bloomington build on coursework to establish themselves as experts in specific areas of language investigation.