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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #22 |
University of Michigan
United States |
78.7 | 77.7 | 81.1 | 84.6 |
| #25 | 76.5 | 75.5 | 79.7 | 81.5 | |
| #43 |
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom |
72.6 | 72.1 | 79.5 | 69.8 |
| #13 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
85.2 | 86.5 | 78.9 | 81.0 |
| #27 |
Cornell University
United States |
76.0 | 74.1 | 78.3 | 88.6 |
| #35 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
73.7 | 73.3 | 75.6 | 75.3 |
| #34 |
King's College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
73.9 | 73.0 | 74.6 | 80.4 |
| #46 |
Universität Wien
Austria |
71.3 | 72.8 | 73.5 | 56.7 |
| #37 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
73.6 | 81.8 | 72.3 | 9.3 |
| #44 | 72.0 | 75.0 | 70.4 | 49.9 | |
| #29 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
75.3 | 75.3 | 70.4 | 79.7 |
| #50 |
Macquarie University
Australia |
70.7 | 69.9 | 68.2 | 79.8 |
| #28 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
75.5 | 75.0 | 68.2 | 87.1 |
| #46 |
University of Washington
United States |
71.3 | 71.5 | 67.0 | 74.0 |
| #40 |
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong |
73.3 | 77.7 | 64.6 | 47.1 |
| #45 |
University of Helsinki
Finland |
71.8 | 72.3 | 62.7 | 76.9 |
| #14 |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
United States |
84.8 | 88.2 | 60.9 | 81.4 |
| #29 |
Ohio State University
United States |
75.3 | 79.3 | 59.4 | 59.2 |
| #38 |
University of Arizona
United States |
73.4 | 74.0 | 58.1 | 84.3 |
| #32 |
Indiana University Bloomington
United States |
74.9 | 76.3 | 58.0 | 80.2 |
| #49 |
Lancaster University
United Kingdom |
71.0 | 71.7 | 57.5 | 78.7 |
| #29 |
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Germany |
75.3 | 80.6 | 57.1 | 50.9 |
| #41 |
Leiden University
Netherlands |
72.9 | 77.3 | 52.5 | 57.7 |
| #25 |
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands |
76.5 | 81.0 | 50.7 | 66.5 |
| #17 |
Universitu0082 du Quu0082bec
Canada |
82.2 | 90.9 | 46.4 | 48.5 |
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