High School Senior Interested In Linguistics Stats

NiceUnparticularMan
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:06:34 +0000

Congratulations on Minnesota! Great university in a great city, so assuming it is affordable you now can’t lose, it is just variations on winning.

California has some excellent options, but for larger public universities, in addition to UMass and Minnesota you might check out Washington, Wisconsin, and Pitt. I note there is a lot of overlap but also some differences in emphasis, so you can see if any particularly resonate with you:

linguistics.washington.edu

Undergraduate Programs | Department of Linguistics | University of Washington

What is Linguistics? Linguistics is the scientific study of language. Students who major in linguistics use scientific principles–collecting data, making observations, and developing and testing hypotheses–to research the structure, acquisition and...

guide.wisc.edu

Linguistics, BS < University of Wisconsin-Madison

linguistics.pitt.edu

Undergraduate | Linguistics | University of Pittsburgh

Linguistics is, in short, the scientific study of language. At the heart of linguistics is the search for the unconscious knowledge that humans have about language and how children acquire it, an understanding of the structure of language in general...

If you are interested in private options, it would help to know a budget, and you can also check out their Net Price Calculators.

But I agree Macalester is a special option for Linguistics (note they really lean into making use of the very diverse population in the Twin Cities):

macalester.edu

Linguistics

I’d also suggest checking our Brandeis (note the emphasis on Computational):

brandeis.edu

Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics

I didn’t see a gender, but if applicable you could also check out Bryn Mawr. I note Linguistics is one of the areas in which Bryn Mawr is very interactive with Haverford and Swarthmore–they actually treat it as a “Tri-Co” department:

https://www.brynmawr.edu/inside/academic-information/departments-programs/linguistics

With your apparent interest in learning multiple languages, you might be interested in what they call the Ling/Lang track.

Of course there are many more places with good Linguistics. But really Minnesota is already setting a high bar, and again you have some excellent options in California. So I am trying to think of public options I would at least consider as fairly competitive with Minnesota (not necessarily better, but you could choose a favorite once you have offers), and some privates that would offer a somewhat different experience but also with strong Linguistics.