<p>My daughter is a junior who is seeking an anthropology program with linguistics emphasis. Can someone offer some advice on how to find the best programs out there. My current online searches have not been beneficial or clear. Thank you.</p>
<p>Can anyone offer advice or direction?</p>
<p>Which state do you live in? Most of the strongest linguistics programs (UCLA, UT Austin, etc.) are at state flagships. </p>
<p>[Here’s</a> a list to help you get started.](<a href=“http://www.lsadc.org/programs/browse-programs.cfm]Here’s”>http://www.lsadc.org/programs/browse-programs.cfm)</p>
<p>We currently live in Pa. She is looking for schools primarily in the Northeast US but is open to suggestions as she is just starting the process and is trying to define the exact direction she wants to go.</p>
<p>The NRC ranking may also be worth a look, but keep in mind that it’s very outdated and is limited to graduate programs. No liberal arts colleges will be listed.</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>Of possible interest to her as a safety or match, Pitt seems to have a very good program.</p>
<p>How are her grades and scores? You asked for the best, so the ones below are moderately to most selective. And at this point let’s not worry about how much of your money we’re spending.</p>
<p>For both linguistics and anthropology, top universities include:
Stanford (most selective of all these schools)
University of Pennsylvania
University of Chicago (Indiana Jones’ alma mater, oldest Linguistics dept in America)
University of Michigan
UCLA
Berkeley (like Chicago, teaches scores of exotic languages)</p>
<p>Among small colleges, check out:
Swarthmore (one of the 3 most selective LACs)
Bryn Mawr (women only)
Pomona (part of the Claremont Consortium)
Reed (sometimes called the most intellectual college in the country)
Beloit (possibly the best small college anthro program)
Colorado College (interesting one-course-at-a-time “Block Plan” facilitates field work)</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/724222-colleges-linguistic-anthropology.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/724222-colleges-linguistic-anthropology.html</a></p>
<p>In the Northeast, a cluster of good programs are in the Philadelphia area. Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore have a consortium relationship, together with Haverford and Penn. So Philadelphia is like the Vatican (or Mecca if you prefer) of anthropology programs with linguistics emphasis.</p>