2024 Best Portuguese Doctor's Degree Schools

Portuguesedoctorate programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #522 out of the 862 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Portuguese Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 7 doctor's degrees in portuguese to qualified students.

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• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Choosing a Great Portuguese School for Your Doctor's Degree

The portuguese doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on portuguese students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of portuguese students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized portuguese related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for portuguese students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Portuguese Doctor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Portuguese in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in portuguese.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Portuguese

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

It is difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Madison if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in portuguese. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in portuguese from University of Wisconsin - Madison

2

Brown University
Providence, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in portuguese needs to check out Brown University. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in portuguese from Brown University

3

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in portuguese needs to take a look at Ohio State University - Main Campus. Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Columbus.More information about a doctorate in portuguese from Ohio State University - Main Campus

Portuguese by Region

View the Best Portuguese Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to Portuguese

One of 8 majors within the Romance Languages area of study, Portuguese has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Portuguese

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Spanish Language & Literature	141
Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics	48
French Language & Literature	39
General Romance Languages	33
General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics	19
Italian Language & Literature	14

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Susana Freixeiro. More about our data sources and methodologies.