2025 Best Linguistics Schools in the Southwest Region
7Colleges in the Southwest Region
260Linguistics Degrees Awarded
A degree in linguistics is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #206 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for linguistics students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 260 degrees in linguistics annually.
Your choice of linguistics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for linguistics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Linguistics Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Linguistics in the Southwest Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the linguistics degree levels they offer.
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in linguistics. UT Austin is a fairly large public university located in the city of Austin. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were approximately 52 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat University of Arizona if you want to pursue a degree in linguistics. University of Arizona is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tucson. A Best Colleges rank of #110 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were approximately 38 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year.
Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in linguistics. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were about 16 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in linguistics has to check out University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Norman. This university ranks 1st out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were about 8 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at University of Oklahoma in the most recent data year.
UT Arlington is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Arlington. This university ranks 12th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 34 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at UT Arlington in the most recent year we have data available.
UNT is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Denton. This university ranks 13th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 35 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent data year.
UTEP is a very large public university located in the city of El Paso. This university ranks 49th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 27 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at UTEP in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of linguistics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for linguistics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
