<p>I know a linguistics PhD at Chicago who did her undergrad in linguistics at Harvard and she felt the program was weak there. From what I’ve heard, Penn is where it’s at.</p>
<p>There are a lot of variables to consider in choosing any kind of school and any kind of program in any kind of school. First, will you like the school itself? You kind of can’t show up at Chicago and expect to study linguistics without examining the rest of the school and making sure that it works for you.</p>
<p>Secondly, along with what kyledavid pointed out, you probably also want to consider variables like quality of professors, class sizes, size of programs, opportunities for undergraduates, prestige of school/prestige of program. Are you interested in going to grad school for linguistics, or do you want to study linguistics as an undergrad and then go on to law school or something else?</p>