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2025 Best Linguistics Schools in New York

6 Colleges in New York
358 Linguistics Degrees Awarded
Linguistics is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #206 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 6 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of linguistics. Combined, these schools handed out 358 degrees in linguistics to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Linguistics School

Best Linguistics Schools in New York Your choice of linguistics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Linguistics School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

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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Bachelor's Degrees in Linguistics
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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 Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Linguistics in New York

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the linguistics degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top New York Schools in Linguistics

1
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
19th Most Popular In NY
90.9% Growth in Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in linguistics. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.

There were approximately 11 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In NY
10.3% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in linguistics has to check out Cornell University. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.

There were approximately 29 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In NY
40 Linguistics Degrees Awarded

Every student pursuing a degree in linguistics needs to take a look at Binghamton University. Binghamton University is a large public university located in the suburb of Vestal. This university ranks 15th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were about 40 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at Binghamton University in the most recent data year.

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Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY
71 Linguistics Degrees Awarded

Every student who is interested in linguistics needs to check out Stony Brook University. SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Stony Brook. A Best Colleges rank of #153 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means SUNY Stony Brook is a great university overall.

There were roughly 71 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Stony Brook in the most recent data year.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In NY
3.8% Growth in Graduates

University at Buffalo is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Buffalo. This university ranks 18th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were about 26 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent year we have data available.

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Queens College
Queens, NY
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In NY

QC is a large public college located in the city of Queens. This college ranks 52nd out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were about 17 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at QC in the most recent year we have data available.

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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 978 92
Maryland 618 28
New Jersey 614 94
District of Columbia 441 56
Delaware 345 24

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One of 5 majors within the Linguistics & Comparative Literature area of study, Linguistics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Linguistics

Related Major Annual Graduates
Comparative Literature 127
Language Translation 56
Modern Languages 49
Applied Linguistics 1

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