Graduate Programs in Spanish / Hispanic Linguistics for 2024 – 2025
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
MA in Hispanic Linguistics
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
MA in Hispanic Linguistics
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics, Applied Linguistics and Language Acquisition
Other Areas: Phonetics and Phonology, Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics
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 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
Master’s Only
The following universities offer Master’s degrees in Spanish Linguistics, but not PhDs; however, they do have PhD programs in Spanish Literature/Cultures.
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
MA in Romance Languages, Spanish with Applied Linguistics track
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
MA in Hispanic Linguistics
MA in Spanish Pedagogy
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
MA in Hispanic Studies, Linguistics
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
MA Spanish as a Second or Bilingual Language
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
MA in Foreign Languages and Literatures, Hispanic Linguistics
San Diego State University
San Diego, California
MA in Spanish
(Linguistics/Pedagogy and Latin American/Spanish Literary & Cultural Studies)
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
MA in Hispanic Languages and Linguistics
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
MA in Romance Languages, Spanish with Applied Linguistics track
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
MA in Hispanic Linguistics
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland
MA in Hispanic Applied Linguistics