Graduate Programs in Spanish / Hispanic Linguistics for 2026 – 2027

Master’s & Doctorate Degree Granting

Programs offering both MA/PhD or only PhD

Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
MA in Spanish Linguistics (Sociolinguistics or SLA & Applied Linguistics)
PhD in Spanish Linguistics (SLA, Heritage Language, Sociolinguistics with bilingualism U.S. Spanish)

City University of New York, CUNY
New York, New York
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics

Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
MA in Hispanic Linguistics
MA in Hispanic Linguistics and Literature (Combination)
PhD in Spanish Language & Linguistics

Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
MA in Spanish Linguistics (Accelerated Program)
PhD in Spanish Linguistics

Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana
MA in Hispanic Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
MA in Hispanic Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics

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

Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
MA in Spanish Linguistics
PhD in Spanish Linguistics

Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey
MA Translation and Interpreting (New, 2015)
PhD in Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition

State University of New York (SUNY), Albany
Albany, New York
MA in Hispanic Linguistics
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics

State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
MA in Hispanic Languages and Linguistics

Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
MA in Hispanic Linguistics
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics

The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Integrated MA/PhD in Hispanic Linguistics

Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
MA in Hispanic Studies
PhD in Hispanic Studies, Linguistics

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
MA in Hispanic Linguistics
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
MA in Hispanic Linguistics
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
PhD in Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Hispanic Linguistics Specialization (Track 3)

University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
MA in Iberian Linguistics
PhD in Iberian Linguistics

University of California, Davis
Davis, California
MA in Hispanic Linguistics
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics

University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
MA in Spanish Linguistics
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
MA in Hispanic Linguistics
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics

University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
MA in Spanish, Linguistics emphasis
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Honolulu, Hawaii
MA in Spanish Applied Linguistics, Second Language Studies
PhD in Second Language Studies

University of Houston
Houston, Texas
MA in Spanish Linguistics
PhD in Spanish Linguistics

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
MA in Teaching Spanish
MA in Hispanic Linguistics
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics, Sociolinguistics & Variationism

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois
MA in Spanish Linguistics
PhD in Spanish Linguistics (see concentrations)
PhD in Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education (SLATE)
PhD in Spanish (Concentration in Romance Linguistics)

University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
MA in Spanish Linguistics
PhD in Spanish Linguistics

University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
MA in Hispanic Linguistics/PhD Romance Studies
Dual program

University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
MA No Longer Offered
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics

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

University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
MA in Hispanic Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
(2015, PhD program discontinued)

University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
PhD in Hispanic Studies with Second Language or Applied Linguistics

University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
MA no longer offered
PhD Iberian and Latin American Linguistics

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
New! MA in Spanish Linguistics
PhD in Spanish Linguistics

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan
MA in Hispanic Studies
PhD in Spanish

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