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CIP PROGRAM: 16.0102
Linguistics.

Summary: 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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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 9 2367 536
2021 21 2289 456
2022 35 2326 516
2023 21 2260 482
2024 40 2053 501
Change +133.33% -4.52% -10.07%

Related CIPs

16 FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS.
16.01 Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.
16.0101 Foreign Languages and Literatures, General.
16.0102 Linguistics.
16.0103 Language Interpretation and Translation.
16.0104 Comparative Literature.
16.0105 Applied Linguistics.
16.0199 Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Linguistics.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Bard College at Simon's Rock1 -100.00%
Baylor University3 +60.00%
Bennington College4 -
Binghamton University33 +8.11%
Boise State University6 -
Boston College4 -
Boston University20 +154.55%
Brandeis University15 +25.00%
Brigham Young University48 -35.00%
Brown University4 -62.50%
Bryn Mawr College11 -18.18%
Bucknell University4 -
CUNY Brooklyn College9 -35.71%
CUNY Lehman College9 -11.11%
CUNY Queens College16 -42.31%
California State University-Fresno10 -41.18%
California State University-Fullerton14 -44.00%
California State University-Long Beach28 -9.76%
California State University-Northridge16 +4.55%
Calvin University1 +20.00%
Carleton College8 +28.57%
Carnegie Mellon University3 -57.14%
Cedarville University6 +27.27%
Cleveland State University6 -72.73%
Columbia University in the City of New York10 +120.00%
Cornell University14 +122.22%
Cornerstone University2 -
Dartmouth College19 -70.59%
Duke University13 -14.29%
Eastern Michigan University5 -25.00%
Emory University8 +11.76%
Florida State University1 -
Georgetown University23 -29.17%
Georgia State University29 -27.45%
Gordon College6 -59.09%
Hampshire College1 -80.00%
Harvard University13 -40.00%
Harvey Mudd College1 -
Haverford College7 +16.67%
Hofstra University5 +23.08%
Indiana University-Bloomington23 +28.57%
Iowa State University19 +92.86%
Lawrence University2 -42.86%
Macalester College8 +150.00%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology7 +50.00%
Metropolitan State University of Denver8 -36.36%
Miami University-Oxford9 -15.38%
Michigan State University11 -35.71%
Montclair State University55 +48.65%
New York University5 -73.33%
Northeastern University11 +50.00%
Northwestern University13 +12.50%
Oakland University15 -30.77%
Ohio State University-Main Campus36 +7.89%
Pomona College6 +66.67%
Portland State University17 -14.29%
Princeton University7 -33.33%
Purdue University-Main Campus8 -
Reed College10 -9.09%
Rice University11 +140.00%
Rutgers University-New Brunswick39 +29.63%
Saint Joseph's University12 +175.00%
San Diego State University17 -
San Jose State University10 -29.17%
Scripps College2 -
Seattle Pacific University1 -50.00%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale8 -58.33%
Stanford University9 -33.33%
State University of New York at Oswego1 -33.33%
Stony Brook University39 +12.50%
Swarthmore College7 -64.71%
Syracuse University4 -36.36%
The University of Montana7 -
The University of Texas at Arlington14 -19.05%
The University of Texas at Austin26 +19.05%
The University of Texas at El Paso25 -13.04%
Truman State University8 +23.08%
Tulane University of Louisiana10 +11.11%
Union University3 -
University at Albany6 +30.00%
University at Buffalo23 +16.67%
University of Alaska Fairbanks1 +50.00%
University of Arizona26 -3.33%
University of California-Berkeley63 +9.52%
University of California-Davis45 -17.39%
University of California-Los Angeles28 -53.85%
University of California-Riverside44 -2.94%
University of California-San Diego13 +51.16%
University of California-Santa Barbara71 +19.61%
University of California-Santa Cruz44 +59.26%
University of Central Arkansas11 +100.00%
University of Chicago13 -
University of Colorado Boulder29 -12.50%
University of Connecticut17 -
University of Delaware11 -12.50%
University of Florida50 -35.29%
University of Georgia37 -2.78%
University of Hawaii at Hilo9 -56.25%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign17 -11.11%
University of Iowa16 -54.55%
University of Kansas15 -14.29%
University of Kentucky10 -33.33%
University of Maryland-College Park26 -15.00%
University of Massachusetts-Amherst44 +39.29%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor24 +20.00%
University of Michigan-Flint1 -66.67%
University of Minnesota-Duluth4 +33.33%
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities13 -23.08%
University of Mississippi5 +12.50%
University of Missouri-Columbia5 +11.11%
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus8 +16.67%
University of New Mexico-Main Campus7 -9.09%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill29 -36.36%
University of North Texas22 +4.00%
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus14 -38.46%
University of Oregon25 +64.71%
University of Pennsylvania12 -14.29%
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus15 +20.83%
University of Rochester17 -37.50%
University of Southern California10 -14.29%
University of Southern Maine19 +23.08%
University of Utah20 -34.48%
University of Vermont7 -55.56%
University of Washington-Seattle Campus53 +18.75%
University of Wisconsin-Madison22 +33.33%
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee12 +40.00%
Washington University in St Louis7 -20.00%
Wayne State University9 -33.33%
Western Washington University31 -
William & Mary23 -
Yale University11 -