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Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC's five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students' completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Arizona State U. Spanish	5	17	7	24	21	48	2	17	22	46
Boston College Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature	52	60	47	54	15	54	28	43	42	55
Boston U. Hispanic Language and Literature	16	49	7	23	31	57	1	17	17	45
Brown U. Hispanic Studies	1	7	1	4	4	33	42	54	2	23
City U. of New York Graduate Center Hispanic & Luso-Brazilian Lit. and Languages	32	56	7	26	58	60	3	20	14	44
Columbia U. Spanish and Portuguese	24	54	6	18	59	60	27	45	2	15
Cornell U. Romance Studies-Spanish	8	28	6	22	1	25	44	55	4	24
Duke U. Romance Studies - Spanish	16	43	20	38	15	53	1	15	14	39
Emory U. Spanish	45	59	59	60	2	26	40	52	31	51
Florida Inter- national U. Spanish	53	60	14	36	54	58	9	31	59	60
Florida State U. Spanish	40	59	54	58	1	22	42	54	18	49
Georgetown U. Spanish	13	38	18	33	18	48	22	40	4	29
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton Spanish	17	45	46	54	27	55	45	55	8	42
Michigan State U. Spanish Language, Literature and Culture	30	54	48	55	4	39	11	32	26	47
New York U. Spanish and Portuguese	6	24	5	15	26	54	14	32	1	13
Ohio State U. Main Campus Spanish and Portuguese	14	39	21	37	6	31	31	47	5	32
Pennsyl- vania State U. Spanish	1	7	13	30	1	13	24	40	2	26
Princeton U. Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature	8	34	13	32	2	46	4	23	10	44
Purdue U. Main Campus Foreign Languages & Literatures	10	33	38	50	9	40	17	36	3	23
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick Spanish	35	57	36	47	33	52	3	19	31	50
Stanford U. Spanish	2	10	2	4	33	55	4	22	11	42
State U. of New York at Albany Spanish	30	54	28	42	54	58	25	42	42	59
State U. of New York at Stony Brook Hispanic Languages and Literature	18	44	15	35	27	50	6	25	16	43
Temple U. Spanish	47	59	46	55	13	37	22	39	41	56
Texas Tech U. Spanish	15	47	19	38	28	56	39	52	45	60
Tulane U. Spanish and Portuguese	21	47	30	45	5	38	24	42	8	39
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) Spanish Language and Literature	50	60	55	59	16	46	21	38	27	51
U. of Arizona Spanish	31	54	51	57	1	17	36	51	35	54
U. of California at Berkeley Hispanic Languages and Literatures	5	16	5	16	11	45	38	52	3	24
U. of California at Davis Spanish	1	6	2	6	11	39	5	26	13	42
U. of California at Irvine Spanish	27	53	6	23	34	55	53	58	5	35
U. of California at Los Angeles Hispanic Language and Literature	7	27	19	35	4	44	33	48	8	31
U. of California at Riverside Hispanic Studies	33	59	25	44	1	40	58	60	43	57
U. of California at Santa Barbara Hispanic Languages & Literatures	12	37	18	35	9	45	35	49	10	41
U. of Colorado at Boulder Spanish	25	52	33	48	8	36	3	22	8	46
U. of Connec- ticut Spanish Ph.D.	31	57	18	39	37	56	26	46	11	52
U. of Florida Romance Languages: Spanish	37	57	37	46	31	52	8	28	39	58
U. of Houston main campus Spanish Language and Literature	21	46	5	16	56	59	5	23	40	57
U. of Illinois at Chicago Hispanic Studies	45	59	44	51	24	54	5	23	50	59
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Spanish	7	23	41	51	12	46	1	8	15	39
U. of Iowa Spanish	8	28	11	33	1	12	13	32	37	57
U. of Kansas Spanish	19	49	20	35	3	41	52	57	8	34
U. of Kentucky Hispanic Studies	4	15	4	14	9	46	14	34	22	47
U. of Maryland at College Park Spanish Language & Literature	21	50	40	51	17	53	1	11	11	36
U. of Massachu- setts at Amherst Hispanic Literatures and Linguistics	18	44	36	46	36	55	2	19	38	56
U. of Miami Romance Studies (concentrations: French, Spanish)	26	50	52	57	15	43	5	23	32	57
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Romance Languages and Literature - Spanish	10	29	15	33	26	50	10	30	15	41
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Linguistics	29	54	32	44	14	49	36	50	5	22
U. of New Mexico Main Campus Spanish and Portuguese	20	46	46	55	1	14	28	46	27	50
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Romance Languages - Spanish	30	54	58	60	19	49	39	52	4	34
U. of Oklahoma Norman Campus Spanish	12	40	27	42	1	38	50	57	44	58
U. of Pennsyl- vania Spanish	21	51	11	29	17	47	55	59	12	36
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Hispanic Languages and Literatures	4	13	11	30	12	36	7	28	9	38
U. of Tennessee Spanish	10	33	30	46	2	25	12	33	54	59
U. of Texas at Austin Spanish	16	47	12	32	12	52	55	60	1	19
U. of Virginia Spanish, Italian & Portuguese	9	29	10	23	3	26	57	60	1	7
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Spanish	41	59	54	58	10	44	43	54	9	46
Vanderbilt U. Spanish	8	28	4	11	27	52	25	44	4	27
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis Hispanic Languages and Literature	14	39	32	45	5	35	1	15	39	56
Yale U. Spanish and Portuguese	1	4	1	2	18	45	22	40	1	7
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.