by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual looked at 76 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Linguistics Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 2,324 bachelor's degrees in linguistics to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
The linguistics bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for linguistics students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Linguistics Bachelor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in linguistics. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Columbia University in the City of New York is a great choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in linguistics. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics from Columbia University in the City of New York
University of California - Los Angeles is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in linguistics. UCLA is a very large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics from University of California - Los Angeles
University of California - Berkeley is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in linguistics. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics from University of California - Berkeley
Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in linguistics has to check out University of Southern California. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics from University of Southern California
Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics from Georgetown University
Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Durham.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics from Duke University
UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Champaign.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
UCSB is a very large public university located in the suburb of Santa Barbara.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics from University of California - Santa Barbara
Brown is a large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Providence.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics from Brown University
UW Seattle is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Seattle.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics from University of Washington - Seattle Campus
UF is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Gainesville.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics from University of Florida
UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics from University of Chicago
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Linguistics Bachelor's Degree Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | University of California - Davis | Davis, CA |
| 13 | Brigham Young University - Provo | Provo, UT |
| 14 | University of Missouri - Columbia | Columbia, MO |
| 15 | The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX |
| 16 | Boston University | Boston, MA |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin - Madison | Madison, WI |
| 19 | University of California - San Diego | La Jolla, CA |
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Linguistics is one of 5 different types of Linguistics & Comparative Literature programs to choose from.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Modern Languages | 2,118 |
| Comparative Literature | 637 |
| Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services | 213 |
| Applied Linguistics | 63 |
| Language Translation | 46 |
