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351 Master's degrees in Literature in United States
Spanish
The Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures at The City University of New York offers two graduate degrees: the Master of Arts in Spanish and the Master of Science in Secondary Education: Spanish, the latter in conjunction with the Department of Secondary Education and Youth Services (SEYS)
Poets and Writers
Among the oldest and most respected MFA programs in the country, the MFA for Poets and Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a three-year program dedicated to writing workshops and the completion of a book-length manuscript in prose or poetry.
Creative Writing (NEOMFA)
The Creative Writing (NEOMFA) program of The University of Akron provides students with opportunities to develop their skills in writing fiction, poetry, drama, and creative non-fiction. It is the terminal degree.
Spanish
The Spanish MA program offered at San Francisco State University is mostly focused on Spanish and Latin American literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the present.
English
Words have power. Embrace them with the Master of English at South Dakota State University.
Modern Thought and Literature
The Modern Thought and Literature programme at Stanford University offers an interdisciplinary approach to literary study. This full-time degree focuses on the intersection of creative writing and literature, providing students with a rigorous academic environment at a world-leading institution in the United States.
Secondary Education - Reading
The Secondary Education - Reading program from Indiana University Southeast fits you if you are a high school teacher looking to boost your qualifications to teach reading.
Writing
The Writing program at Northwestern University provides students the opportunity to grow as artists within the specializations of fiction, nonfiction, popular fiction, and poetry. The small-group workshop format allows for individual attention from published, award-winning faculty.
East Asian Studies
The East Asian Studies MA program from New York University is designed for students who seek specialized and individualized enhancement of their undergraduate education.
Assyriology
The graduate program in Assyriology from Yale University, emphasizes both Sumerian and Akkadian, as well as a full sequence of courses in Mesopotamian history and civilization, over a period of three years of coursework.
Children's Literature - Writing for Children
Students in our Children's Literature - Writing for Children (MFA) program at Simmons University nurture their creativity with engaged critical study and analysis of literature for children and young adults.
Music - History and Literature
Build a superior foundation for doctoral studies or secondary teaching with the Music - History and Literature program from University of Northern Colorado.
Spanish
The Spanish program at Wichita State University combines advanced studies in literature, cultural studies, linguistics and translation. Students in this program enjoy access to study-abroad opportunities and graduate teaching assistantships.
East Asian Languages and Literatures
The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures (DEALL) from The Ohio State University offers the MA and PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures.
Literary and Textual Studies
Our flexible, student-centered two-year program provides a foundation in research methods and literary theory. Coursework in Literary and Textual Studies (English) at Bowling Green State University offers students an opportunity to engage with a variety of texts across historical periods as well as some of the most recent developments in literary studies and cultural criticism.
Rhetoric and Writing
Rhetoric and Writing from University of Findlay is the only private liberal arts program in Ohio to offer a face-to-face Master of Arts in Rhetoric and Writing degree.
Spanish Linguistics and Literature
The Spanish Linguistics and Literature program of the University of Houston offers a perfect academic environment for students interested in advanced studies in the fields of Hispanic, Latin American and Peninsular Literature, and Spanish Linguistics.
Prose and Poetry
The Prose and Poetry program at Northwestern University provides students the opportunity to grow as artists within the specializations of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and publishing and professional development. A dual-genre specialization is also offered.

English - English Education
The English - English Education programme offered by Colorado State University is home to poets and linguists, literacy researchers and teacher educators, novelists and literary scholars, composition specialists and writers of creative nonfiction.
English
The English MA degree offered by the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University is a comprehensive program that delves into the many facets of English: its literatures; its linguistic, social and cultural histories; and its capacities for persuasion, exposition and elucidation.