2024 Best Linguistics Schools in the Southwest Region
7Colleges in the Southwest Region
292Linguistics 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 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for linguistics students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 292 degrees in linguistics to qualified students.
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 large city of Austin. A Best Colleges rank of #36 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were about 51 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year.
It is hard 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 #133 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were approximately 37 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 best schools in the United States for getting a degree in linguistics. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were approximately 17 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in linguistics needs to take a look at The University of Texas at Arlington. UT Arlington is a very large public university located in the large city of Arlington. This university ranks 15th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 67 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at UT Arlington in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 23 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were approximately 25 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent year we have data available.
UNT is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Denton. This university ranks 14th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 30 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent year we have data available.
UTEP is a fairly large public university located in the city of El Paso. This university ranks 56th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 28 linguistics students who graduated with this degree at UTEP in the most recent data year.
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).