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In 2021-2022, 3,082 people earned their degree in linguistics, making the major the 206th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 233 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 187 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,317 and $23,797 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 18 colleges that offered a degree in linguistics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in linguistics.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree linguistics students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gordon College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region. Gordon College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wenham, Massachusetts. It awarded 9 bachelors’s linguistics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s linguistics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bennington College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region. Bennington College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bennington, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hampshire College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region list. Hampshire College is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandeis University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s linguistics students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #6, Dartmouth College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region list. Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hanover, New Hampshire. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region ranking. UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Vermont came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region ranking. University of Vermont is a fairly large school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 8 bachelors’s linguistics degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s linguistics students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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With a ranking of #10, Brown University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region list. Brown University is a fairly large school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 3 bachelors’s linguistics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Boston University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #11. Boston University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 28 bachelors’s linguistics degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Yale University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #12. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s linguistics degrees to 7 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.
Northeastern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s linguistics students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Connecticut ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region list. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s linguistics students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #15, Harvard University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region list. Harvard is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 9 bachelors’s linguistics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region ranking. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a fairly large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 6 bachelors’s linguistics degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 99%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Massachusetts Institute of Technology Linguistics Report
Boston College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #17. Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Bard College at Simon’s Rock landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s linguistics students in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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