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tion fee  $14,623 for and the official GRE scores (general http://graduateschool.un
GRE- M.A. students test only). d.edu/my-gradspace.cfm
27  $17,103 for A writing sample of 10-15 pages, http://arts-
TOEFL Ph.D. students A master's degree from an accredited sciences.und.edu/english
-19 Customarily, these institution normally in the field of /graduate/index.cfm
stipends are slightly proposed specialist or doctoral study. http://arts-
augmented each year. The Graduate School does not sciences.und.edu/english
Tuition waivers are recognize master's degrees from /graduate/graduate-
awarded independently institutions outside of the United assistants.cfm
of teaching States or Canada http://arts-
assistantships. sciences.und.edu/english
/
http://graduateschool.un
d.edu/graduate-
students/new/admissions
-international.cfm
Northern PhD in English Total- a large number of our M.A. degree http://www.engl.niu.edu/ 49.
Illinois English 084 (June graduate students Minimum verbal GRE score of 156 graduate/admissions.sht
Universit MA: $40 1 for receive teaching and written GRE score of 4.5 ml#international
y. seven GRE- fall, assistantships, which Two credible, current letters of
concentrat 27 Nove provide a tuition waiver, recommendation that speak http://www.engl.niu.edu/
ions: TOEFL mber a stipend, and invaluable specifically about the applicant's graduate/handbook.pdf
British -19 1 for professional experience ability, surmised or witnessed, within http://www.engl.niu.edu/
and sprin Because graduate an English-speaking environment graduate/admissions.sht
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literature; April primarily devoted to the a spoken score of 26) or PBT score
film and 1 for teaching of First-Year of at least 550, or IELTS scores of 8
literature, sum Composition, the (speaking) and 63.5 (composite.
literature mer), department generally Ph.D. degree
and admis does not grant Minimum verbal GRE score of 160
rhetoric/c sion assistantships to non- and written GRE score of 4.5
ompositio decisi native Three credible, current letters of
n; rhetoric ons speakers of English in recommendation that speak
and are their first year in the specifically about the applicant's
profession made department. ability, surmised or witnessed, within
al writing, on a International students an English-speaking environment
English conti who wish TOEFL IBT score of at least 80 (
education, nuing to teach in the with a spoken score of 26) or PBT
linguistics basis Department of English score of at least 550, or IELTS scores
, and throu and whose native of 8 (speaking) and 6.5 (composite).
TESOL. ghout language is not English A writing sample, preferably of
the must take academic writing
year. the SPEAK Test and
achieve a suitable score
before they can teach in
the department.
North PhD in English Total- Febru to be considered for $29,2 84.0% An online Application is available http://www.ndsu.edu/en 50.
Dakota English: 096 ary admission and a 03 here. glish/phd_degree/
State Rhetoric, $35 1. teaching assistantship, An official transcript(s) (grade http://www.ndsu.edu/en
Universit Writing applica completed applications report) glish/graduate_faq/
y and tion fee must be received at the A $35 application fee and $15
(429) Culture and $15 Graduate School by processing fee. http://www.ndsu.edu/gra
process February 1. At least 3 letters of recommendation, dschool/prospective_stu
ing fee. Some departments ideally addressing your abilities as a dents/international_appli
GRE- require an actual student and your potential for cants/how_to_apply/
27 application form or graduate work
TOEFL letter of application for A writing sample
-19 an assistantship. Other A statement of purpose
departments award A letter stating your interest in and
assistantships based qualifications for a teaching
upon the application assistantship, if applicable
only. Official TOEFL or IELTS scores for
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Do I need an MA degree first before
applying for the PhD program? No,
World Education Services (WES)
Iowa MA English Total- Janu Assistantships are $31,0 86.0% PhD: 158 Verbal AND 5.0 Analytical http://www.engl.iastate.e 51.
State 146 ary 5, awarded to students on a 32 Writing; 147 Quantitative for ALT du/graduate-
Universit /PhD in $100 2014 competitive basis. major only students/how-to-apply/
y Applied GRE- Assistantships include MA: 154 verbal, AW-4.5 http://www.admissions.i
Linguistic 27 monthly stipends for 9 PhD: 111 IBT; 640 PBT; 8.0 IELTS astate.edu/apply/graduat
s and TOEFL months during the (Note: Minimum score of 25 IBT e.php
Technolog -19 academic year (summer Writing or 7.0 IELTS Writing for http://www.engl.iastate.e
y appointments are teaching assistantship consideration) du/assistantships/
separate). In 2013-14, PhD: 3.50 http://www.admissions.i
the MA & MFA starting PhD ALT and RPC: Writing sample astate.edu/apply/graduat
stipend level is $18,400. demonstrating critical analysis and e.php
The starting PhD stipend research skills with cover sheet http://www.admissions.i
level is $18,460. contextualizing the document. astate.edu/apply/pdf/intl
Tuition scholarships Applicants may include two _gr_instr.pdf
(see below), and health documents totaling a maximum of 35
insurance benefits are pages, but at least one document
also provided. must demonstrate critical analysis
single student health and research skills.
insurance Complete online application
Western PhD in English Total- Janua Assistantship $35,9 83.0% Applicants to the Doctoral Degree http://www.wmich.edu/e 52.
Michigan English 096 ry 1 76 Programs should have an M.A. in nglish/academics/gradua
Universit with an $50 English, an M.A. in English with an te/grad-admissions.html
y English GRE- emphasis in teaching, or an M.F.A. in http://www.wmich.edu/a
581 Education 27 Creative Writing with a minimum pply/
Emphasis TOEFL GPA of 3.0. http://www.wmich.edu/g
Requirem -19 A completed Department application rad/currentstudents/polic
ent cover sheet ies.html
A writing sample http://www.wmich.edu/a
A statement of purpose pply/graduate/instruction
A current CV or resume s.html
Unofficial transcripts
GRE General Test scores (for all
Master's level applicants; doctoral
applicants must submit GRE English
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Subject Test scores as well)
A teaching essay (for those seeking
funding)
Three letters of recommendation
Universit M.A. and English Total- Dece Stipends for 2010-2011 $32,3 63.0% Official transcripts of all http://english.uark.edu/G 53.
y of Ph.D. in 096 mber are $9,900 for assistants 52 undergraduate and graduate work. raduate_Programs/Fello
Arkansas English $50 1 at the M.A. level and GRE General Test Scores. wship_Assistantship.php
(Arkansas Literature GRE- $10,200 for assistants at (Typically, Ph.D. students have a http://english.uark.edu/G
) writing 27 the Ph.D. level. GRE Verbal score in the 85th raduate_Programs/Appli
209 sample TOEFL Teaching Assistants also percentile or above, and M.A. cations.php
-19 receive a waiver of students have a GRE Verbal score in
tuition costs the 80th percentile or above. We do
not put much emphasis upon the
Quantitative score.)
Letters of Recommendation.
Prepare a "statement of purpose" in a
Microsoft Word Document or PDF
(.doc, .docx, .pdf).
Prepare a "writing sample"
Pennsylva PhD in English Total- Dece The Department funds $44,1 52.0% Statement of purpose for graduate http://www.gradschool.p 54.
nia State English 111 mber all of the MA and PhD 56 study (1-3 pages double-spaced) su.edu/index.cfm/prospe
Universit $65 16, students it admits Article-length (15-20 pages double- ctive-
y, GRE- spaced) critical writing sample students/requirements/.
Universit 27 three (3) letters of Reference http://www.gradschool.p
y Park TOEFL Two (2) official transcripts su.edu/index.cfm/apply
93 -19 (GRE) test
(TOEFL/IELTS)

Universit PhD in English Total- Janua Our program offers $42,7 The Baccalaureate Field http://www.uic.edu/dept 55.
y of English 116 ry 1 Teaching Assistantships 06 acceptan Applicants must have a Bacehlor's s/engl/phd/intro.htm
Illinois at $70 to all accepted PhD ce rate is degree in English, http://www.uic.edu/dept
Chicago (Linguisti GRE- applicants. We support slightly Master's Degree s/engl/admissions/faq.ht
(53) cs 27 our PhD students above A degree at the Master's level is not ml#1
Compositi TOEFL through six years of three required to apply. http://www.uic.edu/dept
on and -19 funding, contingent percent./ Grade Point Average s/engl/admissions/admis
Rhetoric) upon sufficient progress 63.0% At least 3.00/4.00 for the final 60 sions.html
through the program. semester hours (90 quarter hours) of
Many students finish the undergraduate study and for all
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degree in a shorter graduate work.
length of time; however, Tests Required
it's generally best to GRE General Test: verbal;
anticipate spending at quantitative; writing. The GRE
least four years on the subject test is not required.
degree. The length of Scores cannot be more than five
time is inseparable from years old.
specific terms of TOEFL (international students only)
support. Our standard 600 (paper-based); 250 (computer-
package for PhD based); 95, with minimum subscores
students is about of Reading 24, Listening 24,
$14,000 per year Speaking 24, and Writing 22 (iBT
stipend, plus tuition Internet-based TOEFL).
remission, and a
teaching load of three
classes a year (2-1) after
the first year
Texas PhD in English Total- Dece Most Doctoral Students $30,0 64.0% GRE =TOEFL 79 http://www.depts.ttu.edu 56.
Tech English 106 mber who are employed as 25 An M.A. in English, an M.F.A. in /english/grad_degrees/ad
Universit (Linguisti $60 16 Teaching English or Creative Writing, or an missions.php
y cs GRE- Assistants/Research M.A. or M.F.A. in a related field plus http://www.depts.ttu.edu
available) 27 Assistants receive a minimum of 12 hours of graduate /gradschool/DegreeProgr
TOEFL approximately $6,000 in coursework in English. We do not ams/degree_detailed.php
-19 tuition and fee admit applicants with a bachelor's ?name=RW5nbGlzaA==
assistance annually. In degree directly into our doctoral %20&%20degree_name
addition, there are other program. =RG9jdG9yIG9mIFBoa
forms of financial A 3.85 GPA in all graduate English Wxvc29waHk=%20&%
assistance that may courses 20degree_code=UEhE#
further reduce the cost Scores of 600 on the verbal and menu00
quantitative portions of the GRE http://www.depts.ttu.edu
General Exam (160/148 in the new /gradschool/funding/
system), and a score of 5.0 on the
writing portion
Universit PhD English Total- Dece All students admitted to $45,6 In recent GRE scores--general test only http://english.uchicago.e 57.
y of program Langua 111 mber the PhD program are 09 years, we Scanned transcripts from all college- du/prospective/phd-
Chicago in English ge and $65 15th funded equally and 2% to level, degree-track programs checklist-and-faq
(14) Language Literatu GRE- receive a five-year 5% of 3-4 confidential letters of http://humanities.uchica
and re 27 package, which includes those recommendation (have your faculty go.edu/students/admissio
University Degree Departme Applicatio Deadli Funding Cost of Rate of Requirements Links TESOL
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Literature TOEFL a generous stipend, applican recommenders upload these directly) ns/apply-now
-19 tuition remission, and ts into A 15-20 page writing sample
health insurance. our PhD (double-spaced; page count does not
program include bibliography)
13.0% A statement of academic purpose, 1-
3 pages, single-spaced
TOEFL scores
Universit Ph.D. in English Total- Janua All students admitted to $59,1 35.0% personal statement, writing sample, https://www.rochester.ed 58.
y of English 106 ry 15 the PhD program 56 and letters of recommendation. At u/College/eng/graduate/f
Rochester extensive $60. receive full support in least two letters are required, unding.html
(61) teaching GRE- the form of tuition preferably from faculty in English; https://www.rochester.ed
27 waivers (approximately most candidates submit three letters. u/College/eng/graduate/
TOEFL $44,608 for 2014-2015), Additional letters from appropriate phd/index.html
-19 in addition to a stipend judges are welcome, though not
for five years for necessary. The University requires https://www.rochester.ed
students who remain in that the applicant submit GRE scores u/College/eng/graduate/
good standing. Stipends (verbal, quantitative, analytical). phd/index.html
currently amount to Scores for the exam in English
approximately $18,000 Literature are optional. The
per year. Department requires applicants to
submit a writing sample; this often
takes the form of a paper revised
from an undergraduate or graduate
class.
Universit PhD in English Total- Dece TOEFL Speaking 5-10 you must have M.A. entering into our http://www.english.illino 59.
y of English 136 mber 24/IELTS 8 for TA students program. is.edu/graduate/admissio
Illinois at (wriiting $90 17 All students admitted to in three Indicate your intent to specialize in ns/instructions/
Urbana– studies GRE- the graduate program other Writing Studies or in a particular
Champaig available) 27 are automatically program field or period of literature. http://www.english.illino
n TOEFL considered for s: the One copy of each transcript is.edu/graduate/admissio
-19 fellowships and teaching Ph.D. in GRE: Literature applicants must ns/
assistantships. All Literatu submit BOTH the General Test and http://www.english.illino
awards include tuition re, and the Subject Test for Literature in is.edu/graduate/current/fi
and partial fee waivers, the M.A. English scores. Our institution code nancialaid/
although students must and is 1836. http://www.grad.illinois.
pay some fees. Entering Ph.D. in Three letters of recommendation, edu/admissions/apply
M.A. candidates can Writing A 300-500 word statement of
receive up to seven Studies. purpose.
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years of support, Writing Samples (2 different samples
entering Ph.D. are required, 15-20 pages each).
candidates up to six A succinct description of the
years of support, and requirements in the Master’s
entering M.F.A. Program that you are either currently
candidates up to three enrolled in or have already
years of support. completed.
Most students admitted into the M.A.
International Ph.D. and Ph.D. in Literature programs
students can receive a have GPAs above 3.6. Applicants to
maximum of a 50% the Ph.D. program ordinarily have
assistantship per GPAs of 3.8 or higher. Most
government regulations, literature applicants have Verbal
and should check with GRE scores above the 85th percentile
ISSS for additional and Subject GRE scores above the
rules. Campus minimum 75th percentile. Such scores, of
$15,608 annually. course, are far from the only criteria
for admission, and files are evaluated
holistically. We are interested in
assessing what strengths candidates
can bring to our program and
whether we are a good fit for their
interests.
Universit Ph.D. in English Total- Dece The Department of $30,3 50.0% A four-year undergraduate degree. http://english.umn.edu/g 60.
y of English 141 mber English is committed to 15 MA and PhD applicants need a rad/applying.html
Minnesot $95.00 15 providing financial minimum of four courses in English, http://english.umn.edu/g
a GRE- support in the form of American, or Anglophone literature rad/phd.html
(109) 27 fellowships and teaching or language, at least three at the http://english.umn.edu/g
TOEFL assistantships for our upper division level. rad/
-19 Ph.D. students for six For the PhD and MA: Graduate
years and three years for Record Examination (GRE) scores
our MFA students. are required for admission. The
General Exam is required; the
Subject test is required only by
applicants who had narrative
undergraduate transcripts rather than
grades.
The admission committee has the
University Degree Departme Applicatio Deadli Funding Cost of Rate of Requirements Links TESOL
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preferred performance level of at
least one of the following: an
undergraduate English GPA of 3.5; a
graduate GPA of 3.8; or a verbal
score in the 85th percentile of the
GRE.TOEFL 105
Universit PhD in English Total- Janua All students accepted $51,9 37.0% Online http://www.lsa.umich.ed 61.
y of English Langua 121 ry 5th into the Program will be 76 12 A clear, detailed, carefully u/english/grad/howtoapp
Michigan and ge and $75 guaranteed five years of students considered statement of your ly/eanded.asp
(30) Education Literatu GRE- support. academic and career interests http://www.lsa.umich.ed
re 27 Clearly labeled Personal Statement u/english/grad/jpee/Prog
TOEFL Curriculum Vitae/Resume ramFAQ.asp
-19 Writing sample of approximately 10-
20 pages
Three letters of recommendation
One set of transcripts
an average score of 706 for the verbal
portion
Stony PhD in English Total- Janua we typically offer Online http://www.stonybrook.e 62.
Brook English 146 ry 15 funding (a tuition waiver A statement of purpose. du/commcms/english/gr
Universit (Literature $100 and stipend) to all GRE scores. aduate/eglapply.html
y ) GRE- students accepted into A writing sample of approximately http://www.stonybrook.e
27 the PhD program. 10 pages (for MA applicants) or 20 du/commcms/english/gr
TOEFL pages (for PhD applicants aduate/faqs.html
-19 3 Letters of recommendation.
Electronic copies of unofficial
transcripts from each education
institution you have attended
Universit PhD in English Total- Janua The Department of $33,1 68.0% Online http://english.as.uky.edu/ 63.
y of English 121 ry 15 English employs 48 Statement of Purpose (1 - 2 pages). / english-graduate-
Kentucky $75 teaching assistants in its Writing Sample/ Transcripts online admission
(257) GRE- program for a stipend undergraduate grade point average of
27 plus full tuition 2.75 and 3.00 http://english.as.uky.edu/
TOEFL remission per academic PhD applicants should submit english-graduate-
-19 year transcripts showing an undergraduate financial-assistance
GPA of at least 3.25 or above and the http://www.forbes.com/c
completion of the MA with olleges/university-of-
a graduate GPA of 3.75 or above kentucky/
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GRE scoresthe 70th - 80th percentile
for the verbal and analytical portions
/ Letters of Recommendation./ CV or
Resume./ Teaching Assistantship
Application
Universit PhD English Total- Janua teaching assistantships $43,6 58.0% Online http://depts.washington.e 64.
y of MA 131 ry 2 are awarded on a 21 A Master's degree in the discipline is du/engl/grad/PhD.php
Washingt TESOL $85 competitive basis to required. Applicants without a http://depts.washington.e
on available GRE- outstanding graduate Master's degree must apply to the du/engl/grad/Admissions
55 in 27 students Along with the M.A. program first and indicate the .php
ENglish TOEFL stipend, there is a tuition Ph.D. as their final degree goal. http://depts.washington.e
Dept -19 waiver and student Because our M.A./Ph.D. program is du/engl/grad/checklist.p
health, dental, and fully integrated, students entering at hp?program=3
vision insurance. the M.A. level can progress internally http://depts.washington.e
Teaching Assistantship and non-competitively to the Ph.D. du/engl/grad/checklist.p
applicants who are not program given satisfactory academic hp?program=4
native speakers of progress.
English must submit as 1 copy of transcripts from each
part of their application college attended
a score of 290 or better GRE General Test scores
on the Test of Spoken Statement of purpose (500 - 1,000
English (TSE) or the words)
UW-administered E-mail addresses for 3 recommenders
SPEAK Test. Note! Recommendations must be
received by the deadline.

This list is prepared for Fall 2015 by Md Mijanur Rahman, now a PhD Candidate in TESOL/Applied Linguistics at Illinois State University. For any questions, email at
mrahman6@ilstu.edu