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70 PhD programmes in Linguistics in United States

University of Memphis4,4(17)

Memphis, United States Top 5% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

Tuition not available

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)4,2(9)

Baltimore Highlands, United States Top 3% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

5 years$26,838/yr

University of South Florida4,3(45)

Tampa, United States Top 2% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

4 years$19,980/yr

University of Massachusetts Boston4,8(4)

Boston, United States Top 3% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

7 years$29,932/yr

Cornell University4,2(44)

Ithaca, United States Top 0.1% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

5 years$20,800/yr

The University of Arizona4,2(46)

Tucson, United States Top 1% in Worldwide

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.

Ph. D. Full-time On-campus

5 years$23,400/yr

Northwestern University4,2(54)

Evanston, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Linguistics

The Linguistics program at Northwestern University provides students with a solid background in linguistic theory with an emphasis on empirical and experimental methodologies.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

5 years$9,344/yr

Georgetown University4,5(50)

Washington, D. C., United States Top 2% in Worldwide

Spanish Linguistics

The Spanish Linguistics program at Georgetown University is offered in close collaboration with the Department of Linguistics.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

7 yearsTuition not available

Georgetown University4,5(50)

Washington, D. C., United States Top 2% in Worldwide

Linguistics

The Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University offers four concentrations leading to the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Linguistics.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

7 yearsTuition not available

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign4,3(20)

Urbana, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Linguistics

At the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Linguistics.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

5 years$32,204/yr

Yale University4,3(50)

New Haven, United States Top 0.1% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

6 yearsFree

University of Wisconsin Madison4,3(13)

Madison, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

5 years$25,732/yr

University of South Carolina3,7(6)

Columbia, United States Top 2% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

10 years$29,760/yr

University of Delaware4,0(37)

Newark, United States Top 2% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

5 years$13,392/yr

University of Hawaii at Manoa4,1(21)

Honolulu, United States Top 2% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

7 years$44,864/yr

Indiana University Bloomington4,0(196)

Bloomington, United States Top 1% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

7 years$30,748/yr

Pennsylvania State University4,4(40)

University Park, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Applied Linguistics

The Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics at Pennsylvania State University helps prepare scholars who will conduct systematic examinations of individual and societal multilingualism in order to build and test theories of how linguistic systems develop, are acquired, used, and taught in global contexts.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

Tuition not available

Georgia State University4,3(61)

Atlanta, United States Top 3% in Worldwide

Applied Linguistics

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) program in Applied Linguistics at Georgia State University is a response to societal needs resulting from the status of English as the language of international communication.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

4 years$31,726/yr

Purdue University4,5(34)

West Lafayette, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Linguistics

Purdue University's Department of Linguistics offers a wide range of courses leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. M.A. and Ph.D. curricula encourage students to tailor their linguistics studies to their interdisciplinary interests.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

$28,794/yr

The Ohio State University4,5(31)

Columbus, United States Top 2% in Worldwide

Linguistics

The Department of Linguistics graduate program in linguistics has a strongly theoretical orientation, which is to say that our research is largely concerned with the development of a general theory of human language as well as detailed accounts of the structure, development and variation of individual languages. The Linguistics programme is offered by The Ohio State University.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

5 years$14,318/yr