World's Best Universities
Linguistics
Linguistics students learn about the structure of languages, as well as how and why various languages differ from each other. Graduates can pursue careers in interpretation, translation, education, and many more fields. These are the world's top universities for linguistics. See the methodology.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Citations per Paper Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #50 |
Macquarie University
Australia |
70.7 | 69.9 | 68.2 | 79.8 |
| #42 |
Columbia University
United States |
72.8 | 71.5 | 83.3 | 72.8 |
| #46 |
University of Washington
United States |
71.3 | 71.5 | 67.0 | 74.0 |
| #49 |
Lancaster University
United Kingdom |
71.0 | 71.7 | 57.5 | 78.7 |
| #43 |
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom |
72.6 | 72.1 | 79.5 | 69.8 |
| #45 |
University of Helsinki
Finland |
71.8 | 72.3 | 62.7 | 76.9 |
| #46 |
Universität Wien
Austria |
71.3 | 72.8 | 73.5 | 56.7 |
| #34 |
King's College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
73.9 | 73.0 | 74.6 | 80.4 |
| #35 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
73.7 | 73.3 | 75.6 | 75.3 |
| #32 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
74.9 | 73.4 | 98.3 | 63.9 |
| #38 |
University of Arizona
United States |
73.4 | 74.0 | 58.1 | 84.3 |
| #27 |
Cornell University
United States |
76.0 | 74.1 | 78.3 | 88.6 |
| #35 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
73.7 | 74.4 | 84.1 | 58.0 |
| #44 | 72.0 | 75.0 | 70.4 | 49.9 | |
| #28 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
75.5 | 75.0 | 68.2 | 87.1 |
| #38 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
73.4 | 75.3 | 94.7 | 36.4 |
| #29 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
75.3 | 75.3 | 70.4 | 79.7 |
| #25 | 76.5 | 75.5 | 79.7 | 81.5 | |
| #48 |
Tsinghua University
China |
71.2 | 76.2 | 85.3 | 17.2 |
| #32 |
Indiana University Bloomington
United States |
74.9 | 76.3 | 58.0 | 80.2 |
| #23 |
Yale University
United States |
78.2 | 76.3 | 87.7 | 83.7 |
| #41 |
Leiden University
Netherlands |
72.9 | 77.3 | 52.5 | 57.7 |
| #40 |
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong |
73.3 | 77.7 | 64.6 | 47.1 |
| #22 |
University of Michigan
United States |
78.7 | 77.7 | 81.1 | 84.6 |
| #24 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
78.0 | 79.3 | 85.3 | 60.2 |
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