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Linguistics

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC's five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students' completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Boston U. Applied Linguistics	29	48	10	24	50	52	33	46	21	48
Carnegie Mellon U. Modern Languages	9	22	32	45	1	5	1	1	30	51
City U. of New York Graduate Center Linguistics	38	50	21	34	47	50	11	26	22	42
Cornell U. Linguistics	28	41	40	47	11	29	2	14	7	23
Georgetown U. Linguistics	23	32	24	37	26	39	19	34	30	46
Harvard U. Linguistics	4	19	6	27	3	16	24	42	3	24
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton Linguistics	5	13	5	13	18	37	34	43	23	42
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton Second Language Studies	37	51	47	50	36	46	8	24	44	52
Johns Hopkins U. Cognitive Science	1	1	1	1	4	20	43	50	1	19
Massachu- setts Institute of Technology Linguistics	9	21	13	23	2	9	25	37	1	17
Michigan State U. Linguistics	21	30	39	48	4	25	2	10	35	50
New York U. Linguistics	14	25	19	32	29	43	22	34	4	28
North- western U. Linguistics	4	16	6	22	6	23	49	52	17	44
Ohio State U. Main Campus Linguistics	8	22	19	32	9	27	26	37	5	25
Purdue U. Main Campus Linguistics	6	20	9	20	3	17	4	21	33	47
Rice U. Linguistics	38	51	41	49	12	34	19	34	19	39
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick Linguistics	27	41	28	40	17	33	13	31	4	29
San Diego State U. and U. of California at San Diego Language and Communicative Disorders	4	16	3	10	8	27	11	27	6	29
Stanford U. Linguistics	7	21	7	19	9	34	35	45	2	15
State U. of New York at Stony Brook Linguistics	26	41	18	32	22	39	3	14	17	39
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) Linguistics	39	51	26	41	42	48	14	31	19	41
U. of Arizona Linguistics	11	23	12	22	12	27	30	39	13	34
U. of California at Berkeley Linguistics	5	16	10	23	6	25	43	49	2	20
U. of California at Los Angeles Applied Linguistics	2	2	2	3	2	15	13	30	12	50
U. of California at Los Angeles Linguistics	23	32	29	41	9	24	42	49	2	15
U. of California at San Diego Linguistics	24	38	20	39	23	38	47	51	3	20
U. of California at Santa Barbara Linguistics	30	46	26	41	39	45	37	47	21	40
U. of California at Santa Cruz Linguistics	27	43	38	49	2	15	51	52	7	34
U. of Chicago Linguistics	15	27	4	14	45	50	35	44	1	14
U. of Colorado at Boulder Linguistics	13	29	4	19	29	40	34	45	18	43
U. of Connec- ticut Linguistics Ph.D.	36	49	35	46	18	33	6	25	9	31
U. of Delaware Linguistics	8	22	10	24	18	33	3	19	9	37
U. of Florida Linguistics	42	51	47	50	24	42	2	14	41	51
U. of Georgia Linguistics	35	47	41	47	8	25	40	48	47	52
U. of Hawaii- Manoa Linguistics	49	52	50	51	46	51	9	26	16	41
U. of Hawaii- Manoa Second Language Acquisition	45	52	35	46	9	33	8	25	33	50
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Linguistics	9	22	5	14	39	46	5	18	22	43
U. of Iowa Second Language Acquisition	39	52	47	50	3	42	2	15	30	49
U. of Kansas Linguistics	13	29	23	42	15	43	2	13	19	39
U. of Louisiana at Lafayette Applied Language and Speech Sciences	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
U. of Maryland at College Park Linguistics	3	6	2	10	2	14	19	33	2	26
U. of Massachu- setts at Amherst Linguistics	3	5	4	12	3	15	8	22	6	27
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Linguistics	11	23	14	23	6	26	43	50	11	32
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Linguistics	29	42	31	41	32	44	26	37	38	50
U. of New Mexico Main Campus Linguistics	35	49	23	37	49	52	32	43	6	33
U. of Oregon Linguistics	26	42	24	39	22	46	9	25	28	44
U. of Pennsyl- vania Linguistics	6	19	4	12	15	33	32	42	2	18
U. of South Florida Second Language Acquisition/ Instructional Technology	24	40	51	52	1	8	12	28	47	52
U. of Southern California Linguistics	10	23	5	16	26	40	2	9	14	40
U. of Texas at Austin Linguistics	28	44	22	37	47	51	18	33	2	17
U. of Washing- ton Linguistics	28	45	28	40	30	46	40	49	19	46
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Linguistics	27	47	17	33	37	47	15	29	10	45
Yale U. Linguistics	33	49	29	44	28	42	10	27	15	40
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.

Comments

1. penguin17 - October 03, 2010 at 12:24 pm

Worth noting that publications in books and conference proceedings appear to have been entirely disregarded by the NRC, along with citations of such publications. Also, publications by graduate students without a faculty co-author (a big deal in linguistics, and part of the culture of the field) were disregarded as well. Evidently, how much grad students publish was considered irrelevant to PhD program quality.