2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Linguistics

LINGUISTICS DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

It is rather unique to find an American undergrad studying linguistics. On average, each field awards around 6,000 four-year degrees a year; 2,372 people completed undergraduate degrees in linguistics last spring, making it America's 140th most popular subject. The University of California-Los Angeles​ awarded 77 of those degrees (#1 in the USA), and schools in California handed out more degrees than any US State (520).

148 institutions nationally have an undergrad degree in linguistics; ergo, it could probably not be easy to choose the best program for you. In comparison to the typical course of study, there are 22.9% fewer schools offering undergraduate degrees in linguistics, making it the 122nd most widely available major.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While last spring, 75% of degrees in linguistics were undergraduate degrees; 25% were graduate degrees. Linguistics is the 139th most popular postgrad degree in the United States of America, with 783 degrees conferred. For some context, linguistics is 72% less popular among master's & doctor's students than the average subject.

In Total, 3,155 students received a bachelor's or higher in linguistics last spring.

ONLINE LINGUISTICS DEGREES

1 of those 3,155 alumni (0%) did their schooling online - 0 college students and 1 graduate student. It's at the moment the 304th most in-demand online postgraduate degree, and 99.8% shy of the nation's average (616).

PARTIALLY ONLINE LINGUISTICS DEGREES

• 414 students earned an undergrad degree in linguistics partially online last May
• 122 institutions in the USA have a four-year degree in linguistics partially online
• Last spring, 486 students completed a bachelor's or higher in linguistics partially online
• The University of Hawaii at Hilo's​ last undergraduate class had the most dense population of partially online linguistics majors in the United States (0.67%)
• Last May, virtually six sevenths of partially online degrees in linguistics were bachelor's degrees; 15% were postgraduate degrees
• On average, each subject has more or less 154 partially online bachelor's degree conferring schools

IN-PERSON LINGUISTICS DEGREES

• Last May, 1,958 people earned an undergraduate degree in linguistics in-person
• Linguistics is the 73rd most broadly available fully in-person undergraduate degree in America
• 82.55% of all bachelor's degree in linguistics are earned in-person
• Gordon College's​ last undergraduate class contained a higher percentage of entirely in-person linguistics majors than any other college in the United States of America (4%)
• Linguistics is the 127th most popular in-person master's or doctor's degree in the country
• The average in-person course of study hands out 6,102 annual bachelor's degrees or higher