2024 Best Linguistics Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

Linguistics is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #82 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for linguistics students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 21 doctor's degrees in linguistics during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to linguistics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of linguistics students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized linguistics related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for linguistics students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Linguistics Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Linguistics Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Linguistics in New York

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in linguistics.

Top New York Schools for a Doctorate in Linguistics

1

Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Stony Brook University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in linguistics. SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public university located in the suburb of Stony Brook.More information about a doctorate in linguistics from Stony Brook University

2

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in linguistics needs to check out University at Buffalo. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Buffalo.More information about a doctorate in linguistics from University at Buffalo

Best Linguistics Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Linguistics Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	311	11
Maryland	190	7
New Jersey	165	4
District of Columbia	143	11
Delaware	63	3

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Linguistics Related Rankings by Major

Linguistics is one of 5 different types of Linguistics & Comparative Literature programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Comparative Literature	28
Language Translation	8

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Pandit Rahul Sanskrutayan, Banshidhar Mohanty. More about our data sources and methodologies.