Just wanted to point out that this thread, entitled Best Colleges for Linguistics, seems to have left out U Mass Amherst, which is consistently ranked as one of the top three schools in the world for Linguistics, and probably has the most comprehensive, diverse undergrad offerings for linguistics. Yes, other colleges overall may have a bigger name, but when it comes to Linguistics, UMass Amherst is well-recognized as a leading institution. If you’re paying for school, the out of pocket cost for those who receive an out of state merit scholarship (and well-qualified Linguistics majors seem to get honors college and maximum out of state merit money), it brings the cost down to about 21K/yr for tuition. Room and board is extra of course. In 2017, the max out of state merit award was 14K/yr for 4 years - I don’t know if they’ve increased it.