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70 PhD programmes in Linguistics in United States

Language, Literacy and Culture
This Language, Literacy and Culture PhD programme from 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.

Applied Linguistics
The program in Applied Linguistics is offered by University of Memphis. Past students have found positions in institutions of higher education, the US State Department and other governmental agencies, and in consulting in the multicultural workplace.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University offers four concentrations leading to the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in 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
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
At the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Linguistics.
Spanish Linguistics
The Spanish Linguistics program at Georgetown University is offered in close collaboration with the Department of Linguistics.
Linguistics
The Linguistics program from The University of Arizona is designed to produce scholars who can carry out research on human language in any of its aspects within a contemporary theoretical framework, and which challenges, modifies, and extends contemporary theory.
Spanish - Hispanic Linguistics
This Spanish - Hispanic Linguistics program from The University of Arizona is designed to train students to address a variety of scientific and scholarly questions pertaining to the study of the Spanish language from structural, societal, experimental, acquisitional, and pedagogical perspectives.
Linguistics
The faculty of University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Linguistics provide courses, research opportunities, and advising for students who wish to earn a doctoral degree.
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
The PhD program in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Arizona State University focuses on the scientific study of human language and the application of that study to the human condition.
Spanish Linguistics
Receive solid academic preparation, intensive professional development opportunities, and strong pedagogical training and teaching experiences, all with this Spanish Linguistics program at Arizona State University.
Linguistics
Close to one-half of the world’s six thousand languages are spoken in the Pacific and Asia — the particular geographic focus of our department. A large portion of these languages are either underdocumented or entirely undocumented, and many have small speaker populations. This Linguistics program is offered at University of Hawaii at Manoa.