When do they send out PhD acceptances versus MA?

[champange dame]

I'm just wondering if anyone knows if schools usually send out PhD acceptances/rejection before or after MA acceptances/rejections, or if they're likely to do it at the same time. In the result section there have been several notices for the MA portion of a related department, but nothing about PhD spots, or from the department that I have applied for.

[VAPHD]

I've noticed the same thing. I think it would make sense that MAs are notified before PhDs. PhDs are getting the money, the greater research privileges and essentially become the people professors are going to pour their knowledge and training onto. In my (humble) opinion, MAs are not necessarily getting the same level of critical analysis.

[runonsentence]

It's honestly going to just depend on the program. My current program makes its first round of decisions for funded PhD and MA spots simultaneously.