You can see a list of linguistics here:

http://homemadedegrees.blogspot.com/2008/04/distance-learning-degrees-in.html

And for English here:
http://homemadedegrees.blogspot.com/2007/09/english-degrees-online.html

You can also try:
http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&safe=active&client=pub-2977208566521185&channel=2025151480&cof=FORID%3A1%3BGL%3A1%3B&q=%22english+OR+libguistics%22+masters+%22distance+learning%22&btnG=Search
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http://www.sgpak.com
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The best distance learning (arguably) is at Oxford and Harvard. Neither offers the full MA online.

Some people won't respect it, as Prof Ranto says. But then, some people don't respect a degree from anywhere less than Harvard, Yale, Oxford, et al and we 'mere mortals' don't care so much what they think. Most people haven't graduated from one of the elite colleges.

Take a look at UMass http://www.umassonline.net/degrees/MALinguistics.html for an MA in Applied Linguistics.

Western New Mexico University http://www.wnmu.edu/VirtualCampus/InterdisciplinaryMasters.htm Has an MA that can include English as the major field.

Also look at Northern New Mexico, Texas Tech, and East Carolina University (http://core.ecu.edu/engl/tpc/tekkom/tpc.htm )

CSU-Dominguez Hills has an MA in Humanities online http://www.csudh.edu/HUX/ that can concentrate in English.

Oxford teaches English Lit. online. http://onlinecourses.conted.ox.ac.uk/subjects/english.php not a master's program but Oxford is pretty well respected by most people around the world.

Harvard teaches English Lit online too. http://www.extension.harvard.edu/2008-09/DistanceEd/offer/ also not a degree (unless you want to visit Boston for a couple courses because these will count in their Master of Liberal Arts degree). Not too many people have a problem with Harvard University – even the extension college.

UC-Berkeley does a certificate program in writing online as does UCLA. http://www.unex.berkeley.edu/online/# http://www2.uclaextension.edu/writers/ Most people respect these too.

The bottom line is that people who think online/distance education is not reasonably respected are stuck in 1981. The key is to pick a school that is well respected. It's all about the reputation of the school and not whether it was online or classroom.
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The next question you might want to ask is "Will anyone respect it?"

The answer to that one is "No."
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University Professor

Check out:
Goddard College (David Mamet, William H. Macy and Walter Mosley are all alums)

http://www.goddard.edu

Bennington College (Bret Easton Ellis is an alum)

Skidmore College

http://www.skidmore.edu

Ranto is mistaken and is possibly conflating University of Phoenix style "online" programs with legitimate low residency programs, of which there are MANY.
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