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Major Overview for Linguistics

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Overview for Linguistics

A program that focuses on language, language development, and relationships among languages and language groups from a humanistic and/or scientific perspective. Includes instruction in subjects such as psycholinguistics, behavioral linguistics, language acquisition, sociolinguistics, mathematical and computational linguistics, grammatical theory and theoretical linguistics, philosophical linguistics, philology and historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, phonetics, phonemics, dialectology, semantics, functional grammar and linguistics, language typology, lexicography, morphology and syntax, orthography, stylistics, structuralism, rhetoric, and applications to artificial intelligence.

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Colleges Offering a Major in Linguistics

Top 50 U.S. Colleges with the most degrees awarded of Linguistics among the 2006-2007 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded*/
Percentage
SelectivityCost*
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
88
(1.3%)
Minimally Selective$11,470
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
59
(0.8%)
Moderately Selective$15,730
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
52
(0.8%)
Most Selective$22,247
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
43
(0.5%)
Moderately Selective$17,046
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
41
(0.5%)
Highly Selective$11,217
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
37
(0.7%)
Minimally Selective$13,418
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA
36
(0.7%)
Highly Selective$19,180
University of California-Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
33
(1.0%)
Minimally Selective$21,454
Portland State University
Portland, OR
27
(0.9%)
Minimally Selective$7,614
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
25
(0.8%)
Minimally Selective$13,341
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* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.