2025 Best Spanish Language & Literature Doctor's Degree Schools

Spanish Language & Literature is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #120 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Spanish Language & Literature Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 165 doctor's degrees in spanish language & literature during the <nil> academic year.

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Choosing a Great Spanish Language & Literature School for Your Doctor's Degree

The spanish language doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality spanish language program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on spanish language & literature students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other spanish language & literature students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized spanish language & literature related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for spanish language & literature students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Spanish Language & Literature Doctor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Spanish Language & Literature in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in spanish language & literature.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Spanish Language

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in spanish language & literature. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in spanish language & literature from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in spanish language & literature has to take a look at University of Wisconsin - Madison. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in spanish language & literature from University of Wisconsin - Madison

3

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a great choice for students pursuing a doctor's degree in spanish language & literature. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public university located in the small city of New Brunswick.More information about a doctorate in spanish language & literature from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

4

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in spanish language & literature has to take a look at University of Kentucky. UK is a very large public university located in the large city of Lexington.More information about a doctorate in spanish language & literature from University of Kentucky

5

University of Houston
Houston, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in spanish language & literature from University of Houston

Spanish Language & Literature by Region

View the Best Spanish Language & Literature Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to Spanish Language

Spanish Language & Literature is one of 8 different types of Romance Languages programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Spanish Language

Related Major	Annual Graduates
French Language & Literature	57
Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics	53
General Romance Languages	50
General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics	28
Italian Language & Literature	19
Portuguese	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Susana Freixeiro. More about our data sources and methodologies.