by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual looked at 81 colleges and universities when compiling its 2023 Best Linguistics Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3,247 degrees in linguistics during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Your choice of linguistics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Linguistics School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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The schools below may not offer all types of linguistics degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Duke University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in linguistics. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,241 schools nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were roughly 17 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent data year.
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University of California - Los Angeles is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in linguistics. UCLA is a very large public university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 45 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.
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It's difficult to beat Georgetown University if you wish to pursue a degree in linguistics. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,241 schools nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were roughly 56 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent year we have data available.
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It is hard to beat University of California - Berkeley if you want to pursue a degree in linguistics. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 61 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year.
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Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 21 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
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Brown is a large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Providence. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were roughly 7 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent year we have data available.
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UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Champaign. This university ranks 3rd out of 87 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 39 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
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UW Seattle is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #38 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were roughly 58 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year.
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UF is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Gainesville. This university ranks 1st out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 76 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year.
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UCSB is a very large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara. This university ranks 10th out of 170 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 78 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at UCSB in the most recent year we have data available.
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UChicago is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,241 schools nationwide means UChicago is a great university overall.
There were approximately 43 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,241 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were roughly 32 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in linguistics from University of Michigan - Ann ArborHere are some additional great schools for Linguistics students that almost earned our Best Linguistics Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
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| 13 | University of California - Davis | Davis, CA |
| 14 | Boston University | Boston, MA |
| 15 | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY |
| 16 | Brigham Young University - Provo | Provo, UT |
| 17 | University of Maryland - College Park | College Park, MD |
| 18 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC |
| 19 | University of Virginia - Main Campus | Charlottesville, VA |
| 20 | Brandeis University | Waltham, MA |
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One of 5 majors within the Linguistics & Comparative Literature area of study, Linguistics has other similar majors worth exploring.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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| Modern Languages | 2,871 |
| Language Translation | 971 |
| Comparative Literature | 964 |
| Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services | 288 |
| Applied Linguistics | 198 |
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