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United States: 158 SORT: State City Program Name Hit No State City Program * Name Hit 1 Alabama Tuscaloosa CoLA/Eng/M University of Alabama 565 2 Alabama Huntsville CoLA/Eng/M University of Alabama, in Huntsville 485 3 Arizona Tempe 1.CoE/C&I/M,D 2.CoLA/Eng/M Arizona State University 1730 4 Arizona Phoenix CoE/Oth/M Grand Canyon University 541 5 Arizona Flagstaff CoLA/Eng/M,D Northern Arizona University 648 6 Arizona Prescott Inter&Un/M Prescott College 502 7 Arizona Tucson 1.CoLA/ESL&AL/D 2.CoLA/Eng/M University of Arizona 731 8 California Azusa CoE/Oth/M Azusa Pacific University 707 9 California La Mirada CoE/ESL&AL/M Biola University 583 10 California Fresno CoLA/Lin/M California State University, Fresno 689 11 California Fullerton CoLA/L&L/M California State University, Fullerton 787 12 California Los Angeles CoE/Oth/M California State University, Los Angeles 1169 13 California Northridge CoLA/Lin/M California State University, Northridge 680 14 California Sacramento CoLA/Eng/M California State University, Sacramento 774 15 California San Bernardino CoE/Oth/M California State University, San Bernardino 711 16 California Turlock CoLA/Eng/M California State University, Stanislaus 619 17 California Fresno Inter&Un/M Fresno Pacific College 533 18 California Los Angeles CoE/Oth/M Loyola Marymount University 574 19 California Monterey CoLA/Oth/M Monterey Institute of International Studies 629 20 California San Francisco CoLA/Eng/M San Francisco State University 1151 21 California San Jose CoLA/L&L/M San Jose State University 698 22 California Stanford CoE/Lg/M,D Stanford University 932 23 California San Diego CoE/Oth/M,D United States International University 605 24 California Los Angeles 1.CoLA/ESL&AL/M,D 2.CoE/ESL&AL/D University of California, Los Angeles 1652 25 California San Francisco CoE/Oth/M University of San Francisco 628 26 California Los Angeles CoE/C&I/M University of Southern California 798 27 Colorado Fort Collins CoLA/Lg/M Colorado State University 568 28 Colorado Boulder CoLA/Lin/M University of Colorado at Boulder 511 29 Colorado Denver CoLA/Eng/M University of Colorado at Denver 566 30 Connecticut New Britain CoLA/Eng/M Central Connecticut State University 568 31 Connecticut Fairfield CoE/Oth/M Fairfield University 510 32 Delaware Newark 1.CoLA/Lin/M,D 2.CoE/Oth/M University of Delaware 576 33 District of Columbia Washington CoLA/Lg/M American University 888 34 District of Columbia Washington CoE/Oth/M Catholic University of American 533 35 District of Columbia Washington CoLA/Lin/M,D Georgetown University 1038 36 Florida Boca Raton CoLA/L&L/M Florida Atlantic University 484 37 Florida Miami CoE/Oth/M Florida International University 583 38 Florida Orlando Inter&Un/M University of Central Florida 497 39 Florida Gainesville CoLA/Lin/M,D University of Florida 798 40 Florida Coral Gables CoE/C&I/M University of Miami 510 41 Florida Tampa CoLA/Lg&Lin/M,D University of South Florida 527 42 Georgia Athens CoE/Lg/M,D University of Georgia 717 43 Hawaii Honolulu CoLA/ESL&AL/M,D University of Hawaii at Manoa 987 44 Idaho Moscow CoLA/Eng/M University of Idaho 502 45 Illinois Normal CoLA/Eng/M Illinois State University 860 46 Illinois Evanston CoE/C&I/M National-Louis University 507 47 Illinois DeKalb CoLA/Eng/M,D Northern Illinois University 606 48 Illinois Carbondale CoLA/Lin/M Southern Illinois University at Carbondale 607 49 Illinois Edwardsville CoLA/Eng/M Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville 572 50 Illinois Chicago CoLA/Eng/M University of Illinois at Chicago 664 51 Illinois Urbana 1.CoLA/Lin/D 2.CoLA/ESL&AL/M University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1554 52 Illinois Wheaton Inter&Un/M Wheaton College, Illinois 509 53 Indiana Muncie CoLA/Eng/M,D Ball State University 829 54 Indiana Bloomington CoLA/Lin/M,D Indiana University Bloomington 1241 55 Indiana Gary CoE/Oth/M Indiana University Northwest 534 56 Indiana Terre Haute CoLA/Lg&Lin/M Indiana State University 436 57 Iowa Ames CoLA/Eng/M Iowa State University 834 58 Iowa Iowa City CoLA/Lin/M University of Iowa 571 59 Iowa Cedar Falls CoLA/Eng/M University of Northern Iowa 480 60 Kansas Lawrence CoLA/Lin/M University of Kansas 797 61 Kentucky Murray CoLA/Eng/M Murray State University 573 62 Kentucky Bowling Green CoLA/Eng/M Western Kentucky University 522 63 Maine Portland CoE/Oth/M University of Southern Maine 494 64 Maryland Salisbury CoLA/Eng/M Salisbury State University 502 65 Maryland Baltimore CoE/BiEdu/M University of Maryland, Baltimore County 736 66 Maryland College Park CoE/C&I/M University of Maryland, College Park 728 67 Massachusetts Boston CoE/Oth/M Boston University 1022 68 Massachusetts Quincy CoE/Oth/M Eastern Nazarene College 506 69 Massachusetts Boston CoE/Oth/M Simmons College 493 70 Massachusetts Boston CoLA/Oth/M University of Massachusetts at Boston 595 71 Michigan Berrien Springs Inter&Un/M Andrews University 614 72 Michigan Mount Pleasant CoLA/Eng/M Central Michigan University 610 73 Michigan Ypsilanti CoLA/Lg/M Eastern Michigan University 527 74 Michigan East Lansing CoLA/Eng/M,D Michigan State University 1342 75 Minnesota Mankato CoLA/Eng/M Minnesota State University, Mankato 612 76 Minnesota St. Cloud CoLA/Eng/M St. Cloud State University 530 77 Minnesota Minneapolis CoLA/ESL&AL/M University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus 680 78 Mississippi University CoE/C&I/M,D University of Mississippi 505 79 Mississippi Hattiesburg CoLA/Lg/M University of Southern Mississippi 416 80 Missouri Warrensburg CoLA/Eng/M Central Missouri State University 532 81 Missouri Cape Girardeau CoLA/Eng/M Southeast Missouri State University 558 82 Montana Missoula CoLA/Eng/M University of Montana 772 83 Nebraska Wayne CoE/C&I/M Wayne State College 445 84 Nevada Las Vegas CoE/C&I/M University of Nevada, Las Vegas 473 85 Nevada Reno Inter&Un/M University of Nevada, Reno 467 86 New Hampshire Durham CoLA/Eng/M University of New Hampshire 509 87 New Jersey Ewing CoE/Lg/M College of New Jersey 532 88 New Jersey Madison CoE/Oth/M Fairleigh Dickinson University 546 89 New Jersey Union CoE/C&I/M Kean University 532 90 New Jersey Upper Montclair CoLA/Lin/M Montclair State College 547 91 New Jersey South Orange CoE/Oth/M Seton Hall University 490 92 New Jersey Wayne CoE/Oth/M William Paterson College 520 93 New Mexico Santa Fe CoE/Oth/M College of Santa Fe 546 94 New York New York CoE/C&I/M,D Fordham University 672 95 New York Hempstead 1.CoLA/L&L/M 2.CoE/C&I/M Hofstra University 551 96 New York New York CoE/C&I/M Hunter College of the City University of New York 727 97 New York Brooklyn CoE/C&I/M Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus 565 98 New York Brookville CoE/C&I/M Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus 553 99 New York Rochester CoE/Oth/M Nazareth College of Rochester 507 100 New York New York CoE/C&I/M,D New York University 1213 101 New York Flushing CoLA/Lin/M Queens College of the City University of New York 594 102 New York Jamaica CoE/Oth/M,D St. John's University, New York 543 103 New York Albany CoE/Oth/M,D State University of New York at Albany 790 104 New York Buffalo CoE/C&I/M,D State University of New York at Buffalo 1300 105 New York New Paltz CoE/Oth/M State University of New York at New Paltz 610 106 New York Stony Brook CoLA/Lin/M,D State University of New York at Stony Brook 872 107 New York Syracuse CoLA/L&L/M Syracuse University 589 108 New York New York 1.CoE/Oth/M,D 2.CoE/Oth/M,D Teachers College of Columbia University 1024 109 New York Rochester CoE/C&I/M University of Rochester 526 110 North Carolina Greenville CoLA/Eng/M East Carolina University 641 111 North Carolina Charlotte CoE/Oth/M University of North Carolina at Charlotte 698 112 Ohio Bowling Green CoLA/Eng/M Bowling Green State University 614 113 Ohio Columbus CoE/Oth/M,D Ohio State University 1710 114 Ohio Dayton CoLA/Eng/M Wright State University 563 115 Ohio Athens CoLA/Lin/M Ohio University 644 116 Oklahoma Oklahoma City CoE/Oth/M Oklahoma City University 596 117 Oklahoma Stillwater CoLA/Eng/M,D Oklahoma State University 710 118 Oklahoma Tulsa CoE/Oth/M Oral Roberts University 495 119 Oregon Portland CoLA/ESL&AL/M Portland State University 514 120 Oregon Eugene CoLA/Lin/M,D University of Oregon 811 121 Pennsylvania Indiana CoLA/Eng/M Indiana University of Pennsylvania 703 122 Pennsylvania University Park CoLA/Oth/M Pennsylvania State University 844 123 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1.CoLA/Lin/M,D 2.CoE/Lg/M University of Pennsylvania 1088 124 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 1.CoLA/Lin/M,D 2.CoE/C&I/M,D University of Pittsburgh 613 125 Pennsylvania West Chester CoLA/Oth/M West Chester University of Pennsylvania 512 126 Rhode Island Providence CoE/Oth/M Rhode Island College 489 127 South Carolina Columbia CoLA/Lin/M,D University of South Carolina 704 128 Tennessee Jefferson City CoE/Oth/M Carson-Newman College 508 129 Tennessee Knoxville CoE/Lg/M,D University of Tennessee, Knoxville 591 130 Texas Huntsville CoE/L&L/M Sam Houston State University 510 131 Texas Kingsville CoE/BiEdu/M Texas A&M University-Kingsville 683 132 Texas Lubbock CoLA/Lg/M Texas Tech University 486 133 Texas Denton 1.CoLA/Eng/M 2.CoE/BiEdu/M Texas Woman's University 573 134 Texas Houston 1.CoE/C&I/M,D 2.CoLA/Eng/M University of Houston 667 135 Texas Denton CoLA/Eng/M University of North Texas 567 136 Texas Arlington 1.CoLA/Oth/M 2.CoE/Oth/M University of Texas at Arlington 604 137 Texas Austin CoE/C&I/M,D University of Texas at Austin 1921 138 Texas Brownsville CoE/Oth/M University of Texas at Brownsville 527 139 Texas El Paso CoLA/Lin/M University of Texas at El Paso 484 140 Texas San Antonio Inter&Un/M University of Texas at San Antonio 572 141 Texas Edinburg CoLA/Eng/M University of Texas-Pan American 523 142 Utah Provo CoLA/Lin/M Brigham Young University 525 143 Utah Salt Lake City CoLA/Lin/M University of Utah 592 144 Vermont Colchester Inter&Un/M Saint Michael's College 529 145 Vermont Brattleboro Inter&Un/M School for International Training 491 146 Virginia Fairfax CoE/Oth/M George Mason University 651 147 Virginia Arlington CoE/Oth/M Marymount University 508 148 Washington Ellensburg CoLA/Eng/M Central Washington University 534 149 Washington Bellevue CoE/Oth/M City University 561 150 Washington Cheney CoLA/Eng/M Eastern Washington University 535 151 Washington Toppenish Inter&Un/M Heritage College 551 152 Washington Seattle CoLA/Oth/M Seattle Pacific University 524 153 Washington Seattle CoE/Oth/M Seattle University 615 154 Washington Seattle CoLA/Eng/M University of Washington 724 155 Washington Spokane CoE/Oth/M Whitworth College 463 156 West Virginia Morgantown CoLA/Lg/M West Virginia University 506 157 Wisconsin Milwaukee CoLA/Eng/M,D University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 578 158 Wisconsin Madison 1.CoLA/ESL&AL/M,D 2.CoLA/Eng/M,D University of Wisconsin-Madison 1330    GUIDE for choosing a graduate program in the U.S. and Canada Petersons' Kaplan Grad School The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) Graduate School Guide Directory of Teacher Education Programs in TESOL in the United States and Canada, 2002-2004 Directory to North American Graduate Degree Programs in Applied Linguistics USNews Rankings  Categories used for classifying programs CoE: College of Education CoLA: College of Liberal Arts BiEdu: Department of Bilingual Education C&I: Department of Curriculum & Instruction Eng: Department of English EngEdu: Department of English Education ESL&AL: Department of English as a Second Language & Applied Linguistics Lg: Department of Languages Lg&Lin: Department of Languages & Linguistics Lin: Department of Linguistics Oth: Others Inter&Un: Interdisciplinary & Unspecified  Degrees used for classifying programs M: Master degree only D: 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