Graduate Programs in Spanish / Hispanic Literatures and Cultures for 2024 – 2025

Programs offering both MA/PhD or only PhD

Master’s & Doctorate Degree Granting

Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
MA in Spanish Literature
PhD in Spanish Literature

Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
PhD in Hispanic Studies

Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
PhD in Spanish and Spanish American Literature

Florida International University
Miami, Florida
BA/MA in Spanish (No MA alone listed)
PhD in Spanish (Foci: Peninsular, Spanish American)

Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
MA in Hispanic Literature and Cultural Studies
PhD in Hispanic Literature and Cultural Studies

Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
M.S. in Hispanic literature and cultural studies
PhD in Hispanic literature and cultural studies

Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
PhD in Spanish and Latin American Literatures

Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana
MA in Hispanic Literatures + Cultural Studies
PhD in Hispanic Literatures + Cultural Studies

Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
MA in Hispanic Literatures
PhD in Hispanic Cultural Studies

New York University
New York, New York
PhD in Latin American Colonial Literature/Transatlantic Studies, Modern (19th-21st century) Peninsular Literature/Culture

Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
MA in Hispanic Literatures
PhD in Hispanic Literatures

Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
PhD in Spanish and Spanish American Literature

Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
MA in Peninsular and Spanish American literature
MA in Latin American Literatures and Cultures
PhD in Peninsular or Spanish American literature

Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey
MA in Spanish Literature (Discontinued)
PhD in Latin American, Iberian, and Luso-Afro-Brazilian Literatures and Cultures (LAILAB)
PhD in (Spanish) Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition

Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York
MA in Hispanic Languages and Literature
PhD in Hispanic Languages and Literature

The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
MA and PhD in Iberian Literary and Cultural Studies
MA and PhD in Latin American Cultural and Literary Studies

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
MA in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures
PhD in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures (Discontinued 2023)

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
PhD in Hispanic Languages and Literatures (Track 1)

University of California, Davis
Davis, California
MA in Iberian or Latin American Literatures and Cultures
PhD in Iberian or Latin American Literatures and Cultures

University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
PhD in Latin American and Iberian Literature and Culture

University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California
MA in Spanish American Literature or U.S. Chicano/Latino Literature and Cultures
PhD in Spanish American Literature or U.S. Chicano/Latino Literature and Cultures

University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
MA in Hispanic Literatures
PhD in Hispanic Literatures

University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
MA in Peninsular and Spanish American Literature
PhD in Peninsular and Spanish American Literature
PhD in Medieval and Early Modern Hispanic Literatures

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
MA in Spanish Literature and Culture
PhD in Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish)

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
MA in Hispanic Literary and Cultural Studies
PhD in Hispanic Literary and Cultural Studies

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois
MA in Spanish Literatures and Cultures
PhD in Spanish Literatures and Cultures

University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
MA in Spanish Literatures
PhD in Spanish Literatures and Cultures

University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland
MA in Hispanic Languages and Literatures
PhD in Hispanic Languages and Literatures

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts
MA in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures
PhD in Spanish Peninsular Literature and Cultures

University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
MA no longer offered
PhD in Spanish Peninsular Literature & in Spanish American Literature

University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
MA in Hispanic Literatures
PhD in Hispanic Literatures

University of Pittsburgh – Not currently accepting applicants, click here to find out if this has changed.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
MA/PhD in Hispanic Languages and Literatures

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
PhD in Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
(National Literatures and Cultures: Spanish and Latin American Studies)

University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
PhD Iberian and Latin American Literatures and Cultures

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
MA in Spanish
PhD in Spanish, Specialization in Literature

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
PhD in Spanish Literature

Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
PhD in Hispanic Studies
(Iberian, Latin American, and trans-Atlantic Hispanic literatures and cultures)

Yale University
New Haven Connecticut
PhD in Peninsular Literature or Latin American Literature