<p>The old NRC rankings will give you an idea for universities.</p>
<p>[NRC</a> Rankings in Linguistics](<a href=“http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/area7.html]NRC”>NRC Rankings in Linguistics)</p>
<p>Your best bet among LACs is the 5 College consortium (Amherst, Hampshire, MoHo, Smith). They offer cross-registration with U Mass-Amherst, which has a superb linguistics program.</p>
<p>Swarthmore is one of the relatively few LACs to offer linguistics. Bryn Mawr and Haverford would also work, and all three offer cross-registration with Penn, which has an extremely strong linguistics program. </p>
<p>Grinnell has recently beefed up its offerings, so it may be an option. Macalester, Reed, and the Claremonts also offer linguistics, but I’m not sure how good they are. Most other LACs do not offer it as a major.</p>