2025 Best Linguistics Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in linguistics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #139 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of linguistics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 101 bachelor's degrees in linguistics during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 bachelor'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 bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Linguistics Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Linguistics Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Jersey list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Linguistics in New Jersey

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

Top New Jersey Schools for a Bachelor's in Linguistics

1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

39 Annual Graduates

Rutgers University - New Brunswick is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in linguistics. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

2

Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

55 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in linguistics needs to look into Montclair State University. Located in the large suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics from Montclair State University

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
New York	707	197
Pennsylvania	698	77
Maryland	370	21
District of Columbia	226	28
Delaware	224	12

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Linguistics Related Rankings by Major

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

Majors Similar to Linguistics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Comparative Literature	15
Modern Languages	14
Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services	11

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.