The success of our graduates in placement, in Ohio and elsewhere, either directly serves or serves to confirm the priority of educational values at all levels in Ohio and the state s leadership in this area. Further, the distinction of the department s faculty, both senior and junior, draws gifted students to the program who in turn disseminate the leadership role of this university in the profession at large. The four-year program graduates on an average three to five Ph.D.s per year. Rates of retention and completion in the doctoral program in English at Ohio University are excellent, but as everywhere, time to degree is a factor in rates of graduation. Graduates of the Ohio University doctoral program have consistently bettered these odds in academic placements, while another significant percentage have found satisfactory employment in related alternative fields such as publishing, computer programming, business writing, and editing.
Alternative employment is increasingly a recognized reality and objective within the profession.
The Ph.D. program of all departments at Ohio University are reviewed on a seven year cycle by the University Curriculum Council and Graduate Council.