58 Best colleges for Linguistics in Illinois

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Illinois ranked based on their research performance in Linguistics. A graph of 3.4M citations received by 110K academic papers made by 58 universities in Illinois 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. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Champaign

For Linguistics

#8 in the United States

#9 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1415
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 64%

2. University of Chicago

Chicago

For Linguistics

#22 in the United States

#24 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $36,991

3. Northwestern University

Evanston

For Linguistics

#33 in the United States

#36 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $22,095

4. University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago

For Linguistics

#48 in the United States

#56 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1225
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 81%

5. Loyola University Chicago

Chicago

For Linguistics

#150 in the United States

#173 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1275
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $37,511

6. Northern Illinois University

DeKalb

For Linguistics

#151 in the United States

#174 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $12,552
Enrollment: 15,649

7. Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Carbondale

For Linguistics

#169 in the United States

#193 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1020
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 99%

8. Illinois State University

Normal

For Linguistics

#180 in the United States

#206 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1105
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 98%

9. DePaul University

Chicago

For Linguistics

#189 in the United States

#217 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $32,151

10. Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago

For Linguistics

#199 in the United States

#230 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1315
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $28,702

11. Eastern Illinois University

Charleston

For Linguistics

#218 in the United States

#249 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1010
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $11,773

12. Illinois College

Jacksonville

For Linguistics

#252 in the United States

#284 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1043
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $16,296

13. Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

Edwardsville

For Linguistics

#312 in the United States

#350 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 98%
Average SAT: 1045
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 98%

14. Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Chicago

For Linguistics

#331 in the United States

#369 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 40
Male:Female: 77:23

15. Western Illinois University

Macomb

For Linguistics

#370 in the United States

#413 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $15,632
Enrollment: 7,643

16. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

North Chicago

For Linguistics

#388 in the United States

#431 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 1,940
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1912

17. Illinois Wesleyan University

Bloomington

For Linguistics

#399 in the United States

#442 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Average SAT: 1225
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $30,096

18. Bradley University

Peoria

For Linguistics

#404 in the United States

#448 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1165
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $24,053

19. Rush University

Chicago

For Linguistics

#437 in the United States

#483 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 2,870
Male:Female: 22:78
Founded: 1972

20. NorthShore University HealthSystem School of Nurse Anesthesia

Evanston

For Linguistics

#447 in the United States

#494 in North America

Enrollment: 75
Male:Female: 30:70

21. Northeastern Illinois University

Chicago

For Linguistics

#464 in the United States

#512 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $15,143
Enrollment: 5,756

22. Wheaton College - Illinois

Wheaton

For Linguistics

#470 in the United States

#518 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1340
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $29,961

23. University of Illinois at Springfield

Springfield

For Linguistics

#525 in the United States

#578 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1104
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 98%

24. Roosevelt University

Chicago

For Linguistics

#598 in the United States

#654 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 960
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $22,117

25. National Louis University

Chicago

For Linguistics

#650 in the United States

#708 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Net Price: $14,769
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $9,641

26. Lake Forest College

Lake Forest

For Linguistics

#654 in the United States

#712 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1247
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $27,839

27. Knox College

Galesburg

For Linguistics

#668 in the United States

#727 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $26,882

28. Governors State University

University Park

For Linguistics

#673 in the United States

#732 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 945
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $11,987

29. Chicago State University

Chicago

For Linguistics

#687 in the United States

#746 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $15,891
Enrollment: 2,317

30. Saint Xavier University

Chicago

For Linguistics

#741 in the United States

#803 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Net Price: $11,302
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $29,886

31. Augustana College

Rock Island

For Linguistics

#756 in the United States

#820 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1130
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $24,660

32. Elmhurst College

Elmhurst

For Linguistics

#772 in the United States

#836 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1110
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $24,108

33. School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago

For Linguistics

#780 in the United States

#844 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Net Price: $53,923
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $18,290

34. North Central College

Naperville

For Linguistics

#834 in the United States

#901 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1130
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $25,285

35. Millikin University

Decatur

For Linguistics

#845 in the United States

#913 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1065
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $10,492

36. Monmouth College

Monmouth

For Linguistics

#901 in the United States

#972 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1110
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $20,237

37. Dominican University

River Forest

For Linguistics

#929 in the United States

#1001 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1015
Average ACT: 19
Net Price: $18,162

38. John Marshall Law School

Chicago

For Linguistics

#945 in the United States

#1017 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1899

39. Columbia College Chicago

Chicago

For Linguistics

#946 in the United States

#1018 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Net Price: $28,387
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $18,020

40. Aurora University

Aurora

For Linguistics

#955 in the United States

#1029 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1089
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $19,350

41. University of St Francis

Joliet

For Linguistics

#990 in the United States

#1064 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1135
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $18,560

42. North Park University

Chicago

For Linguistics

#1006 in the United States

#1080 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $19,029
Receiving Aid: 100%

43. Erikson Institute

Chicago

For Linguistics

#1008 in the United States

#1082 in North America

Enrollment: 331
Male:Female: 2:98

44. Lewis University

Romeoville

For Linguistics

#1011 in the United States

#1085 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1105
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $19,184

45. Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

Chicago

For Linguistics

#1041 in the United States

#1115 in North America

Enrollment: 133
Male:Female: 51:49

46. Greenville University

Greenville

For Linguistics

#1047 in the United States

#1122 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 1009
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $20,718

47. Saint Anthony College of Nursing

Rockford

For Linguistics

#1049 in the United States

#1124 in North America

Net Price: $20,319
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $12,832
Enrollment: 242

48. DeVry University - Illinois

Chicago

For Linguistics

#1066 in the United States

#1141 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Average SAT: 1075
Average ACT: 41
Net Price: $30,112

49. Rockford University

Rockford

For Linguistics

#1084 in the United States

#1160 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Average SAT: 963
Average ACT: 16
Net Price: $25,047

50. Benedictine University

Lisle

For Linguistics

#1085 in the United States

#1161 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Net Price: $25,658
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $20,083

51. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

Evanston

For Linguistics

#1105 in the United States

#1181 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 280
Male:Female: 46:54

52. Concordia University - Chicago

River Forest

For Linguistics

#1143 in the United States

#1220 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Net Price: $18,832
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $25,141

53. Catholic Theological Union at Chicago

Chicago

For Linguistics

#1150 in the United States

#1227 in North America

Enrollment: 213
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1968

54. Blackburn College

Carlinville

For Linguistics

#1192 in the United States

#1270 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Net Price: $21,575
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $14,112

55. McCormick Theological Seminary

Chicago

For Linguistics

#1218 in the United States

#1297 in North America

Enrollment: 162
Male:Female: 59:41

56. Saint Augustine College

Chicago

For Linguistics

#1227 in the United States

#1306 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $10,288
Receiving Aid: 95%
Average Aid: $10,468

57. Chicago Theological Seminary

Chicago

For Linguistics

#1244 in the United States

#1323 in North America

Enrollment: 195
Male:Female: 37:63

58. Northern Baptist Theological Seminary

Lisle

For Linguistics

#1248 in the United States

#1327 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Enrollment: 374
Male:Female: 60:40

Closest to Illinois states to learn Linguistics

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Indiana	27	45
Missouri	26	38
Iowa	17	35
Kentucky	19	68
Wisconsin	27	13
Tennessee	28	42
Ohio	51	21
Michigan	28	4
Arkansas	15	152
West Virginia	13	117
Minnesota	25	25
Mississippi	11	182
Kansas	10	77
Alabama	18	76
Virginia	37	41
Georgia	37	44
North Carolina	31	27
Oklahoma	13	125
Nebraska	9	98
South Carolina	19	80
Pennsylvania	87	9
South Dakota	8	335
District of Columbia	8	61
Louisiana	20	78
Maryland	24	14
New York	115	7
New Jersey	22	23
North Dakota	5	212
Connecticut	20	15
Texas	68	20
Vermont	7	121
Colorado	16	53
Massachusetts	60	2
Rhode Island	9	60
Florida	39	37
New Hampshire	11	90
New Mexico	7	97
Maine	9	215
Montana	4	211
Utah	10	49
Arizona	7	30
Idaho	6	208
Nevada	4	143
Oregon	16	64
Washington	22	6
California	107	1
Puerto Rico	7	489
Alaska	3	323
Hawaii	5	109