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Best Colleges for Linguistics and Comparative Language Studies

Ranked by 5-year median salary · Bachelor's degree · 73 institutions with data

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# Institution State Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10 PP Adjusted
21 CUNY Queens College NY $35,626 $56,282 $78,655 $42,638
22 Eastern Illinois University IL $36,841 $55,464 $64,280 $60,418
23 University of Houston TX $31,452 $55,464 $79,787 $60,221
24 Pennsylvania State University (The) PA $34,188 $55,464 $65,081 $56,538
25 University of Alabama at Birmingham AL $33,505 $54,919 $88,614 $62,266
26 University of Missouri - Columbia MO $37,897 $54,757 $65,986 $61,387
27 University of Wisconsin - River Falls WI $36,943 $54,286 $65,986 $57,083
28 Christopher Newport University VA $34,198 $53,664 $69,154 $52,355
29 Virginia Commonwealth University VA $35,049 $53,501 $65,658 $52,196
30 University of Wisconsin - Platteville WI $43,255 $53,444 $62,446 $56,198
31 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL $34,840 $53,421 $78,170 $58,193
32 Colorado State University-Pueblo CO $36,827 $53,397 $60,272 $50,806
33 Montana State University Bozeman MT $33,049 $53,377 $76,435 $51,275
34 University of Utah UT $32,411 $53,107 $69,154 $51,311
35 Colorado State University CO $32,752 $52,920 $66,338 $50,352
36 University of Colorado Boulder CO $34,689 $52,860 $67,042 $50,295
37 Virginia Military Institute VA $42,371 $52,839 $131,379 $51,550
38 Metropolitan State University of Denver CO $40,630 $52,818 $64,240 $50,255
39 Macalester College MN $35,298 $52,636 $55,935 $55,936
40 Old Dominion University VA $36,600 $52,575 $63,548 $51,293

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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.