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Department of English College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Hofstra University

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  • Hempstead, NY
    location
  • Private
    type
  • Suburban
    setting
  • 72%28%
    student ratio
  • 29
    total students
  • $18,990 | $18,990
    in-state tuition | out-of-state tuition
  • Rolling
    fall application deadline
  • 81%
    acceptance rate
  • 2 Degrees
    degrees offered

Degrees & Award

  • Degrees Offered
    • Major Degree Levels Offered
    • English And American Literature Master of Arts (MA)
    • Creative Writing Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
  • Degrees Awarded
    • Master's Degrees 21
    • Doctoral Degrees Not reported
    • First Professional Degrees Not reported
    • Other Advanced Degrees Not reported
    • * Shows the number of degrees awarded for the last academic year that data was reported.
  • Earning Your Degree
    • Part-time study available? Yes
    • Evening/weekend programs available? Yes
    • Distance learning programs available? No
    • Terminal master's degree available? Not reported
  • Degree Requirements
    • Master's Degrees Optional and minimum GPA of 3.0
    • Doctoral Degrees Not reported
    • First Professional Degrees Not reported
    • Other Advanced Degrees Not reported

Admissions

81% of applicants are admitted.
  • Acceptance Rate
    • Applied44
    • Accepted36
    • Acceptance Rate81%
    • Enrolled19
  • Applying
    • Application Fee - Domestic $70
    • Application Fee - International $75
    • Electronic applications accepted? Yes
    • Applications processed on a rolling basis? Yes
  • Application Deadlines
    • Type Domestic International Priority Date
    • Fall deadline Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported
    • Winter deadline Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported
    • Spring deadline Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported
  • Entrance Requirements
    • Master's Degreeswriting sample, essay, minimum GPA of 3.0 in literature courses
    • Doctoral's DegreesNot Reported
    • First-Professional's DegreesNot Reported
    • Other Advanced DegreesNot Reported
    • International DegreesTOEFL required, 550 paper based, TOEFL iBT

Tuition & Fees

  • Tuition & Fees
    • In-state tuition *$18,990
    • Out-of-state tuition *$18,990
    • International student tuitionNot Reported
    • * Tuition for full-time graduate student per academic year
  • Fees
    • Per-academic year fees$970.00
    • Per-term feesNot Reported
    • One-time feeNot Reported
    • * Fees for full-time graduate students
  • Financial Support
    • Financial award applicants must submitFAFSA
    • Application deadlines for financial awardsNot Reported
    • Types of financial support availableFellowships, Tuition Waivers, Federal Work-Study, Financial Support for Part-time Students, Institutionally-sponsored Loans, Scholarship and/or loans

Student Body

  • Gender
    • Total Graduate Students29
    • Female Percentage72%
    • Male Percentage28%
  • Participation
    • Total Graduate Students29
    • Part-time Percentage52%
    • Full-time Percentage48%
  • Ethnicity
    • Hispanic / Latino10%
    • Black / African American3%
    • White / Caucasian69%
    • American Indian / Alaskan Native0%
    • Asian0%
    • Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander0%
    • Two or more races0%
    • Unknown18%

Faculty

  • Faculty Breakout
    • Total Faculty10
    • Full-time Percentage90%
    • Part-time Percentage10%
    • Female Percentage60%
    • Male Percentage40%

Research

  • Existing Research
    • Focus of faculty researchMedieval, early modern, long eighteenth-century, Victorian, British modernism; psychoanalysis, queer studies, disability studies, trauma theory, critical theory; Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Melville, Austen, Woolf, Morrison; Anglophone literatures, post-colonial studies, digital studies; early through twenty-first century American literature and culture
    • Externally sponsored research expenditures last yearNot Reported

Location & Contact

Department of English

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Hofstra University

100 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549
United States

Dr. Joseph Fichtelberg

Chairperson

Phone: 516-463-5455
Fax: 516-463-6395
Email: engjaf@hofstra.edu

Carol Drummer

Dean of Graduate Admissions

Phone: 516-463-4876
Fax: 516-463-4664
Email: gradstudent@hofstra.edu

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