Overview

Key facts

University of Washington's Linguistics majors, like other students in the College of Arts and Sciences, must satisfy the College foreign language proficiency requirement. One year of the language study required for the Linguistics major will also satisfy the College requirement, provided that you earn at least a 2.0 in the third quarter language course.

Linguistics is the scientific study of language. Students use scientific principles–collecting data, making observations, and developing and testing hypotheses–to research the structure, acquisition, and use of language.

They apply this rigorous approach to all different levels of linguistic structure, with the opportunity to join faculty on research projects. Students expand their knowledge through the study of two languages from different language families, and they further draw on disciplines including psychology, anthropology, sociology, information and computer science, and more.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Linguistics
Anthropological Linguistics

Language And Society

Phonetics
Phonology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

quarter credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Seattle, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

All freshman applicants will self-report their courses on the application. A minimum level of preparation in six subject areas must be met for admission.

The writing section is a required and important part of your application. Please note that the UW essay questions must be answered within our application. For the Common App, that means within our UW questions. We do not consider the Common App essay.

The UW no longer requires SAT or ACT scores for most applicants. Homeschooled applicants and applicants who come from schools with non-standard grading practices that do not have letter or numeric grades are still required to submit SAT or ACT scores.
Do not send high school or college transcripts unless you receive a request from the Office of Admissions. The application asks you to provide a detailed account of your academic coursework, and that’s all we need to review your application.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

43209 USD / year

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Out-of-State

43209 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

12973 USD / year

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Living costs

Seattle

United States

1480 - 2580 USD / month

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

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Language

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