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Thank you for starting this thread! I am also applying for American Studies programs this fall: NYU, UCLA, Stanford (MTL), Harvard, Brown, Yale, Minnesota, Berkeley (Rhet), USC and W&M. Excited/nervous!

I am hoping to apply to American Studies PhD programs this fall. What programs are generally considered the strongest? I've heard positive things from my profs and TAs about NYU, William and Mary, Brown, Yale, SUNY-Buffalo, and Harvard. Which program is consistently ranked or considered to be the strongest? How about selectivity-wise? I know rankings aren't everything, but am curious to see what type of reputations these programs have.