100 Best colleges for Linguistics in the United States

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Below is a list of best universities in the United States ranked based on their research performance in Linguistics. A graph of 67.1M citations received by 2.28M academic papers made by 1,250 universities in the United States 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

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

2. Harvard University

For Linguistics

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Linguistics

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

4. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Linguistics

#5 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Linguistics

#6 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

6. University of Washington - Seattle

For Linguistics

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

7. Cornell University

For Linguistics

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

8. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Linguistics

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

9. University of Pennsylvania

For Linguistics

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

10. University of California - Los Angeles

For Linguistics

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

11. Carnegie Mellon University

For Linguistics

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

12. Columbia University

For Linguistics

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

13. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Linguistics

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

14. Johns Hopkins University

For Linguistics

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

15. Yale University

For Linguistics

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

16. University of California-San Diego

For Linguistics

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

17. New York University

For Linguistics

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

18. Pennsylvania State University

For Linguistics

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

19. University of Southern California

For Linguistics

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

20. University of Texas at Austin

For Linguistics

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

21. Ohio State University

For Linguistics

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

22. University of Chicago

For Linguistics

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

23. Princeton University

For Linguistics

#29 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

24. University of Maryland - College Park

For Linguistics

#30 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

25. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Linguistics

#31 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

26. University of Pittsburgh

For Linguistics

#34 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

27. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Linguistics

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

28. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Linguistics

#40 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

29. University of California - San Francisco

For Linguistics

#42 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

30. University of Arizona

For Linguistics

#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

31. Michigan State University

For Linguistics

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

32. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Linguistics

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

33. Northwestern University

For Linguistics

#46 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

34. Boston University

For Linguistics

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

35. University of Iowa

For Linguistics

#51 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

36. University of California - Davis

For Linguistics

#54 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

37. University of Florida

For Linguistics

#55 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

38. Washington University in St Louis

For Linguistics

#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

39. Duke University

For Linguistics

#62 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

40. University of California - Irvine

For Linguistics

#64 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

41. University of Virginia

For Linguistics

#69 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

42. Vanderbilt University

For Linguistics

#72 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

43. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Linguistics

#73 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

44. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Linguistics

#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

45. Purdue University

For Linguistics

#78 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

46. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Linguistics

#79 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

47. University of Rochester

For Linguistics

#92 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

48. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Linguistics

#95 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

49. University of Utah

For Linguistics

#97 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

50. Emory University

For Linguistics

#102 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,680

51. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Linguistics

#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
91%

52. Iowa State University

For Linguistics

#104 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

53. University of Colorado Boulder

For Linguistics

#109 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

54. California Institute of Technology

For Linguistics

#112 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

55. University at Buffalo

For Linguistics

#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
86%

56. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

For Linguistics

#118 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1145
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
94%

57. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Linguistics

#133 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

58. Florida State University

For Linguistics

#135 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

59. Stony Brook University

For Linguistics

#136 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

60. Brown University

For Linguistics

#137 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,723

61. Georgetown University

For Linguistics

#138 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,566

62. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Linguistics

#145 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

63. University of Connecticut

For Linguistics

#149 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

64. University of Oregon

For Linguistics

#150 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

65. Providence College

For Linguistics

#151 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,970

66. University of Miami

For Linguistics

#158 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$36,467

67. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Linguistics

#160 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1374
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$13,521

68. University of Kentucky

For Linguistics

#162 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

69. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Linguistics

#163 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
80%

70. Case Western Reserve University

For Linguistics

#165 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,279

71. University of Georgia

For Linguistics

#171 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

72. University of South Florida

For Linguistics

#174 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

73. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Linguistics

#177 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
91%

74. Temple University

For Linguistics

#184 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,575
Enrollment
33,196

75. University of Cincinnati

For Linguistics

#185 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
84%

76. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Linguistics

#186 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1305
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

77. University of Kansas

For Linguistics

#187 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

78. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Linguistics

#191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

79. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Linguistics

#195 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

80. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Linguistics

#197 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
98%

81. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Linguistics

#199 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Net Price
$11,830
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$2,182

82. University of Notre Dame

For Linguistics

#202 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,474

83. Baylor College of Medicine

For Linguistics

#203 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,610
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1900

84. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

For Linguistics

#204 in the World
Enrollment
2,354
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1943

85. Wayne State University

For Linguistics

#205 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

86. University of Houston

For Linguistics

#212 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

87. Tufts University

For Linguistics

#218 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,479

88. Syracuse University

For Linguistics

#222 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,651

89. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Linguistics

#224 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$21,202
Enrollment
19,478

90. Dartmouth College

For Linguistics

#226 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$19,208

91. University of Delaware

For Linguistics

#231 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

92. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

For Linguistics

#237 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
91%

93. George Washington University

For Linguistics

#250 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$42,723

94. George Mason University

For Linguistics

#251 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

95. Georgia State University

For Linguistics

#254 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
95%

96. Seattle University

For Linguistics

#263 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$35,412

97. University of New Mexico

For Linguistics

#267 in the World
Acceptance Rate
96%
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$9,280

98. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Linguistics

#277 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

99. Northeastern University

For Linguistics

#284 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,827

100. Rice University

For Linguistics

#287 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,902

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