How many students graduated from your program last year? What did these students specialize in?

While the number of students who graduate from our programs each year varies based on time to degree completion, we generally graduate 3-4 PhD students a year and 6-8 MA students. Time for completion of the degree for the typical MA student is two years, and the length of Ph.D. study is limited to 8 years by the graduate school, although we expect students to finish during the five-year funding period. By providing ample funding packages, we seek to make graduate study a condensed, rigorous, yet achievable pursuit, as well as one that does not go on indefinitely. Our belief is that one is best prepared for the demands of today’s competitive job market by undergoing an intensive program of study that significantly hones critical, research, and pedagogical skills while also making an expansive range of texts available for demonstration of a marketable expertise.