Bachelor's · English Language and Literature/letters

English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's): earnings by school

604 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$36,768
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$48,937
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$20,000
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 578 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $43,733 and $54,524. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
Stanford University CA—$82,036—
Seattle University WA—$78,906—
Georgetown University DC$49,940$78,370$15,625
University of Chicago IL—$78,169—
Wake Forest University NC$51,584$77,847$19,500
College of the Holy Cross MA$45,432$74,214$23,000
Howard University DC$44,790$73,929$25,500
Brown University RI$56,050$73,497$11,539
Lehigh University PA—$71,474—
George Washington University DC$51,854$70,766$23,750
Boston College MA$52,401$70,141$19,000
Tufts University MA—$69,475—
CUNY York College NY—$69,380—
University of Scranton PA—$69,349—
Williams College MA$43,056$69,065—
Elon University NC$39,786$68,927—
University of San Diego CA$43,413$68,752$24,625
Trinity College CT$40,402$68,063$21,500
Northeastern University Oakland CA$44,153$67,877—
Northeastern University MA$44,153$67,877—
Northeastern University Professional Programs MA$44,153$67,877—
Villanova University PA$53,494$67,157$27,000
Loyola Marymount University CA$37,926$66,806$16,087
Emory University GA$42,552$66,762—
New York University NY—$66,306—
Seton Hall University NJ$37,764$65,714$23,625
Amherst College MA$41,040$65,195—
Cornell University NY$47,541$65,089$14,394
Texas Christian University TX—$64,885$26,000
Binghamton University NY$33,476$64,555$17,156
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA$38,866$64,225$18,500
Loyola University Maryland MD—$63,919—
Fordham University NY$45,777$63,834$25,000
Providence College RI$43,415$63,736$27,000
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA$35,293$63,413$20,833
Fairfield University CT—$62,527$26,672
Yale University CT$46,048$62,440—
Spelman College GA$45,754$62,425—
Brandeis University MA$41,973$62,291$19,250
Northwestern University IL$41,046$62,147$18,119
Bates College ME—$62,082—
Assumption University MA$44,729$62,073$27,000
University of Pennsylvania PA$48,749$61,989$8,000
St Lawrence University NY$48,523$61,335$26,000
Barnard College NY$42,855$61,327$13,500
Princeton University NJ—$61,323—
University of Notre Dame IN$45,787$60,998$19,000
Gettysburg College PA$37,613$60,876$27,000
Colgate University NY$49,025$60,702—
Syracuse University NY$38,821$60,602$19,500
New Jersey City University NJ$42,482$60,574$26,085
Manhattan University NY$36,026$60,508—
Vassar College NY$38,425$60,461$19,000
Vanderbilt University TN$42,909$60,439—
Monmouth University NJ$46,705$60,220$27,000
University of California-Berkeley CA$37,602$60,187$12,500
Stonehill College MA—$60,131—
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College NY$42,831$59,994—
Wellesley College MA$49,650$59,865—
CUNY Medgar Evers College NY—$59,650—
Sonoma State University CA$36,574$59,418$14,190
Columbia University in the City of New York NY$50,370$59,396$18,971
Wheaton College (Massachusetts) MA$34,292$59,381$25,000
University of Southern California CA—$59,345$19,500
University of California-Santa Barbara CA$35,102$59,334$11,601
University of Maryland-College Park MD$41,320$59,288$13,500
Siena University NY$36,707$59,280$27,000
St. John's University-New York NY$26,351$59,267$17,625
National University CA—$59,192$25,000
Gonzaga University WA$44,023$59,151$22,250
University of California-Davis CA$37,793$59,012$13,500
Lake Forest College IL$40,657$58,901$20,500
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK$40,362$58,854$25,980
University of California-Merced CA$26,657$58,623$13,716
Boston University MA$40,909$58,564$20,232
Westmont College CA—$58,459—
Drew University NJ$23,512$58,452$22,129
Mount Saint Mary College NY$45,189$58,434—
The University of the South TN$38,532$58,164—
Saint Michael's College VT$43,060$58,137—
Dartmouth College NH$48,457$58,090$11,000
Chapman University CA$50,997$58,055$16,750
Wofford College SC$43,183$58,036$22,750
University of Richmond VA$43,719$58,014—
Rowan University NJ$39,604$57,895$17,875
University of Dayton OH$38,355$57,868$23,250
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI$36,076$57,809$16,577
Tulane University of Louisiana LA$39,704$57,752$19,500
Saint Mary's College of California CA$42,863$57,651—
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA$41,605$57,649$13,191
William & Mary VA$42,147$57,616$15,000
Dickinson College PA$38,146$57,603$22,250
Saint Anselm College NH$48,949$57,585—
Drake University IA—$57,563—
University of Maryland-Baltimore County MD$34,281$57,547$22,119
James Madison University VA$36,666$57,487$19,500
Mercy University NY$45,168$57,069$25,000
University of Houston-Clear Lake TX$53,349$57,052$14,393
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus NJ—$56,969—
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus NJ—$56,969—
The College of New Jersey NJ$48,792$56,905$21,637
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice NY$37,710$56,768—
Georgian Court University NJ$45,499$56,715$22,250
Texas A&M University-College Station TX$37,289$56,703$15,750
California Baptist University CA$34,277$56,656$16,375
Nevada State University NV—$56,591—
University of Missouri-Kansas City MO$32,725$56,584$13,500
Bowdoin College ME$56,516——
Ursinus College PA—$56,454$27,000
Austin College TX—$56,362—
San Francisco State University CA$37,226$56,297$15,833
Loyola University Chicago IL$33,634$56,289$22,750
University of Delaware DE$38,209$56,243$22,608
Indiana University-Bloomington IN$31,576$56,204$19,500
University of California-San Diego CA$37,026$56,097$13,954
George Mason University VA$30,017$56,071$18,404
Rollins College FL—$55,912$27,000
CUNY Hunter College NY$37,131$55,759$11,000
Whittier College CA$35,663$55,536$20,000
The College of Wooster OH—$55,456$22,950
Hobart William Smith Colleges NY—$55,440$27,000
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA$46,868$55,412$15,145
Sacred Heart University CT—$55,399$23,500
Christopher Newport University VA$34,994$55,379$19,500
University of Connecticut CT$29,962$55,376$19,474
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT$29,962$55,376$19,474
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT$29,962$55,376$19,474
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT$29,962$55,376$19,474
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT$29,962$55,376$19,474
Le Moyne College NY$38,043$55,364$24,250
University of California-Los Angeles CA$35,769$55,346$12,321
Rutgers University-Camden NJ$35,719$55,337$19,376
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ$35,719$55,337$19,376
Rutgers University-Newark NJ$35,719$55,337$19,376
Saginaw Valley State University MI—$55,302—
Central Connecticut State University CT$44,690$55,295$25,000
Stony Brook University NY$42,134$55,210$18,728
California State University-Dominguez Hills CA$35,056$55,081—
Hofstra University NY$37,910$55,054$21,500
California State University-San Marcos CA$29,454$54,985$18,383
Kean University NJ$44,301$54,749$21,418
CUNY Lehman College NY$40,618$54,674$6,900
St. John Fisher University NY—$54,602—
Quinnipiac University CT—$54,574—
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL$45,810$54,570$14,479
University of Rhode Island RI$42,639$54,524$18,343
California State University-Stanislaus CA$27,514$54,501$11,702
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus CO$38,432$54,500$18,827
Connecticut College CT$45,872$54,495$26,000
University of Maryland Global Campus MD$37,472$54,444$14,666
Baylor University TX$37,471$54,367$20,500
University of California-Irvine CA$30,536$54,299$11,971
Brigham Young University UT$38,417$54,290$11,000
State University of New York at Plattsburgh NY$34,146$54,281—
University of Colorado Boulder CO$34,220$54,085$14,417
University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA$38,731$54,039$25,215
Duquesne University PA$41,755$54,025$24,000
CUNY Brooklyn College NY$34,922$54,014—
Salisbury University MD$29,450$53,906$21,000
The University of Texas at Austin TX$39,242$53,860$15,889
University of Rochester NY$41,130$53,702$17,447
SUNY Old Westbury NY$37,047$53,652$11,625
Wabash College IN$38,151$53,638—
St. Mary's College of Maryland MD—$53,504$19,837
Nazareth University NY—$53,423—
Framingham State University MA$43,464$53,400—
University of Massachusetts-Boston MA$38,183$53,347$24,276
Flagler College FL$36,665$53,263$19,000
California State University-Channel Islands CA$35,402$53,200$12,500
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI$37,625$53,197$16,700
Towson University MD$46,773$53,164$19,281
California State University-East Bay CA$38,377$53,147$15,000
College of Staten Island CUNY NY$33,631$53,083$12,500
Lafayette College PA$40,303$53,050$15,000
Temple University PA$40,207$53,018$24,882
Utah Tech University UT$35,980$52,975$15,358
Kenyon College OH$42,894$52,945$18,750
Smith College MA$35,994$52,938$11,835
Lamar University TX$39,140$52,897—
Stockton University NJ$30,853$52,809$19,500
Duke University NC$52,808——
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH$40,715$52,697$23,250
University of New Hampshire at Manchester NH$40,715$52,697$23,250
University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online NH$40,715$52,697$23,250
Wheaton College IL$40,397$52,647$21,500
DePaul University IL$34,057$52,608$20,793
Florida State University FL$34,821$52,602$15,750
University of North Texas TX$37,268$52,576$18,595
Valparaiso University IN—$52,439—
California Lutheran University CA—$52,428—
California State University-Bakersfield CA$27,247$52,420$8,670
Seattle Pacific University WA—$52,378—
California State University-Los Angeles CA$27,980$52,259$17,982
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia PA$40,701$52,137$18,638
Purdue University-Main Campus IN$44,165$52,053$13,000
University of Georgia GA$37,177$51,988$16,625
Metropolitan State University of Denver CO$40,111$51,955$26,693
California State University-Fullerton CA$31,757$51,845$15,043
College of Saint Benedict MN—$51,753—
University of South Alabama AL$40,038$51,718$23,555
St. Joseph's University-New York NY$33,735$51,715$21,500
College of Charleston SC$37,530$51,705$21,500
University of Iowa IA$41,897$51,679$25,250
Rider University NJ$53,068$51,521—
Longwood University VA$30,727$51,485$24,725
University at Buffalo NY$30,433$51,385$17,774
Allegheny College PA$25,891$51,381$27,000
Westfield State University MA$37,300$51,322$22,000
Eastern Connecticut State University CT$37,516$51,257$21,125
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC$37,505$51,208$8,104
University at Albany NY$37,891$51,206$19,144
Albright College PA—$51,149—
Fitchburg State University MA$43,273$51,141—
Illinois Wesleyan University IL—$51,107—
University of Wisconsin-River Falls WI$40,165$51,089$19,500
Skidmore College NY$30,747$51,029$19,500
Bridgewater State University MA$44,372$51,020$23,500
St. Mary's University TX—$51,014$22,375
Texas Tech University TX$29,831$50,849$21,375
University of Maine ME$36,791$50,825$21,875
University of Redlands CA—$50,810$27,000
Saint Louis University MO—$50,769$22,250
Washington State University WA$37,045$50,745$18,880
Southern Connecticut State University CT—$50,725$19,904
University of California-Riverside CA$28,456$50,712$15,000
Utah State University UT$36,779$50,708$18,925
University of Puget Sound WA$35,939$50,690$23,750
California State University-Sacramento CA$35,864$50,680$14,000
Washington & Jefferson College PA$39,674$50,646$27,000
Kennesaw State University GA$36,915$50,587$19,750
Clemson University SC$41,840$50,582$15,000
The University of Texas at Arlington TX$42,252$50,495$18,125
Kansas State University KS—$50,448$17,425
Harvard University MA$43,559$50,428—
Governors State University IL$32,618$50,426—
Saint Vincent College PA—$50,411—
Moravian University PA$40,959$50,397$26,000
South Dakota State University SD—$50,335—
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania PA—$50,300$23,750
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College PA$35,537$50,299$23,361
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre PA$35,537$50,299$23,361
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton PA$35,537$50,299$23,361
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona PA$35,537$50,299$23,361
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg PA$35,537$50,299$23,361
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine PA$35,537$50,299$23,361
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA$35,537$50,299$23,361
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington PA$35,537$50,299$23,361
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York PA$35,537$50,299$23,361
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus PA$35,537$50,299$23,361
Lesley University MA—$50,260—
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$38,384$50,205$18,656
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ$38,384$50,205$18,656
CUNY Queens College NY$35,994$50,194$14,893
Hood College MD—$50,126—
University of Dallas TX$33,093$50,113$24,188
Willamette University OR—$50,060—
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania PA$31,448$50,034$21,000
Texas Woman's University TX$40,837$49,909$20,827
Oberlin College OH$37,312$49,906—
University of Houston TX$38,243$49,884$19,000
California State University-Long Beach CA$35,189$49,804$12,779
Georgia State University GA$36,039$49,792$20,692
Bucknell University PA$46,137$49,785—
Southern Oregon University OR$38,795$49,706$19,150
University of San Francisco CA$48,659$49,684$23,500
Iowa State University IA$43,430$49,626$18,761
Indiana University of Pennsylvania PA$26,661$49,537$27,000
John Carroll University OH—$49,493$21,949
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA$35,970$49,464$16,750
University of Portland OR$45,177$49,434$18,250
University of Michigan-Dearborn MI—$49,421$19,494
San Diego State University CA$31,796$49,406$15,000
St Olaf College MN$36,426$49,382$25,431
University of Denver CO—$49,287$22,250
California State University-Chico CA$27,603$49,189$12,371
Lincoln University PA—$49,159—
Michigan State University MI$32,498$49,154$16,943
Kalamazoo College MI$25,555$49,150$27,000
Northeastern Illinois University IL$35,857$49,141—
University of Vermont VT$35,892$49,101$21,057
University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC$38,273$49,088$17,500
Guilford College NC—$49,064—
University of Florida FL$36,108$49,046$13,131
Rhodes College TN—$49,042$11,750
Old Dominion University VA$37,733$49,024$26,000
Pittsburg State University KS—$49,023—
Baldwin Wallace University OH—$49,016—
Mount Holyoke College MA$22,317$48,984$21,000
University of Baltimore MD—$48,981—
Hendrix College AR—$48,969$25,125
Rhode Island College RI$36,849$48,948$20,250
SUNY Oneonta NY$34,332$48,926$19,500
SUNY College at Potsdam NY—$48,920—
Texas A&M University-San Antonio TX$37,645$48,877$14,197
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE$38,160$48,785$23,250
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV$36,661$48,773$16,000
Sam Houston State University TX$40,416$48,761$26,500
Bowie State University MD—$48,707—
University of Alabama at Birmingham AL$36,249$48,706$18,336
University of Maryland Eastern Shore MD—$48,475—

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