The University of Pittsburgh, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania offers a fully funded PhD in Linguistics. They only accept PhD students with specialization in areas including phonetics/phonology, second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, Hispanic linguistics, and Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). The Department can offer several very attractive funding packages every year to well-qualified applicants for the PhD program. If a student is admitted with a financial aid package, it can usually be renewed for up to a maximum total of 5 years for a PhD student.