Best Universities for Linguistics in the World

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Linguistics. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 5,623 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Stanford University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

2. Harvard University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

3. University of Toronto

For Linguistics

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
95,055
Founded
1827

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

5. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
20%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$16,326
Enrollment
50,278

6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

8. University of Washington - Seattle

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
53%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$15,895
Enrollment
52,434

9. University of Pennsylvania

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$14,578

10. Carnegie Mellon University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$37,450

12. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
85%

13. University of California - Los Angeles

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$17,592
Enrollment
46,116

14. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
64%

15. Yale University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,605

16. Columbia University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

17. Cornell University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

18. Pennsylvania State University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,719
Enrollment
40,363

19. University of California-San Diego

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$18,083
Enrollment
41,885

20. University of British Columbia

For Linguistics

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
59,659
Founded
1908

21. Ohio State University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

22. University of Southern California

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,021

23. University of Texas at Austin

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

24. New York University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$50,991

26. Johns Hopkins University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
8%
Net Price
$20,680
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$45,373

27. University of Chicago

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,727

28. Princeton University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,908

30. University of Pittsburgh

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
78%

31. University of Maryland - College Park

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1420
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
68%

32. Boston University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$25,852

33. University of Tokyo

For Linguistics

#1 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
28,133
Founded
1877

35. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

36. McGill University

For Linguistics

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
40,036
Founded
1821

37. Tsinghua University

For Linguistics

#2 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

38. Michigan State University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
72%

39. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
60%

40. University of California - San Francisco

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
3,165
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

41. University of Amsterdam

For Linguistics

#6 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
31,123
Founded
1632

42. University of Arizona

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

43. University of Sydney

For Linguistics

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

44. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
88%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$12,201
Enrollment
77,881

45. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

46. University of Melbourne

For Linguistics

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

48. Imperial College London

For Linguistics

#7 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

49. University of Iowa

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
87%

50. University of Alberta

For Linguistics

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

51. Catholic University of Leuven

For Linguistics

#8 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

52. Northwestern University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$29,999

53. University of California - Davis

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
49%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$17,628
Enrollment
40,050

54. Washington University in St Louis

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,298

55. Tel Aviv University

For Linguistics

#4 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

56. University of Florida

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

57. Kyoto University

For Linguistics

#5 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Male:Female
76:24
Founded
1897

58. University of Queensland

For Linguistics

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Enrollment
48,771
Founded
1909

59. University of Copenhagen

For Linguistics

#9 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

60. Chinese University of Hong Kong

For Linguistics

#6 in Asia
#2 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1963

61. Duke University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1513
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,297

62. University of New South Wales

For Linguistics

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

64. Utrecht University

For Linguistics

#10 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1636

65. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

For Linguistics

#7 in Asia
#2 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
23,500
Founded
1918

66. Vanderbilt University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,553

68. University of Virginia

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
21%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
63%

69. University of California - Irvine

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$16,868
Enrollment
36,505

70. University of Oslo

For Linguistics

#11 in Europe
#1 in Norway
Enrollment
26,650
Founded
1811

71. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
72%

73. Monash University

For Linguistics

#7 in Oceania
#6 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

74. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$18,107
Enrollment
26,124

76. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
78%

77. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Linguistics

#9 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

78. University of Montreal

For Linguistics

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
57%
Enrollment
45,360
Founded
1878

80. Purdue University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
73%

81. University of Waterloo

For Linguistics

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
35,900
Founded
1957

83. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
79%

84. University of Helsinki

For Linguistics

#15 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

86. University of Ottawa

For Linguistics

#7 in Canada
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

87. University of Rochester

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,125

88. Western University

For Linguistics

#8 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Enrollment
27,300
Founded
1878

89. University of Bristol

For Linguistics

#17 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

90. Aarhus University

For Linguistics

#18 in Europe
#2 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
33,020
Founded
1928

91. University of Sao Paulo

For Linguistics

#1 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
97,964
Founded
1827

93. University of Utah

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
89%

94. Emory University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$28,367

95. Ghent University

For Linguistics

#20 in Europe
#2 in Belgium
Enrollment
41,669
Founded
1817

96. Iowa State University

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1207
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
93%

97. University of Calgary

For Linguistics

#9 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

99. McMaster University

For Linguistics

#10 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
59%
Enrollment
30,117
Founded
1887

100. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%