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Colleges offering doctoral degrees (research) in Linguistics

61 U.S. colleges and universities offer Linguistics at the phd level. Results are ordered by the number of graduates each school reported in the program.

Most schools offering it: California (25), New York (20), Pennsylvania (11), Michigan (9), Massachusetts (9), Texas (8)

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Showing 49–61 of 61 schools

UU
Public

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Linguistics: 1 graduate in 2024-25
PhD

Students
36,894
Retention
86%
Programs
247
Awards 2024-25
9,826
CampusOnlineHybrid
UI
Public

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Linguistics: 1 graduate in 2024-25
PhD

Students
30,779
Retention
90%
Programs
231
Awards 2024-25
9,128
CampusOnlineHybrid
YU
Private nonprofit

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Linguistics: 1 graduate in 2024-25
PhD

Students
15,564
Retention
99%
Programs
132
Awards 2024-25
5,610
CampusHybrid
GMU
Public

Linguistics
PhD

Students
39,766
Retention
86%
Programs
196
Awards 2024-25
11,076
CampusOnlineHybrid
TUL
Private nonprofit

Linguistics
PhD

Students
13,310
Retention
93%
Programs
176
Awards 2024-25
4,625
CampusOnlineHybrid
BU
Private nonprofit

Brown University

Providence, RI

Linguistics
PhD

Students
11,956
Retention
99%
Programs
123
Awards 2024-25
3,477
CampusOnlineHybrid
UR
Private nonprofit

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

Linguistics
PhD

Students
11,946
Retention
91%
Programs
186
Awards 2024-25
4,112
CampusOnlineHybrid
PU
Private nonprofit

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Linguistics
PhD

Students
9,137
Retention
98%
Programs
53
Awards 2024-25
2,453
CampusHybrid

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