Bachelor's · College Park, Maryland
Is English Language and Literature, General at University of Maryland-College Park worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $44,383
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $63,682
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $13,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $61k (likely $61k – $66k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $23k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MD
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.9 years (likely 4.1–6.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$24k (likely −$84k – $33k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $278k (likely $127k – $424k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 88%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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🎬 Getting ready in high school
Students heading toward media & storytelling majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP English Language and Composition
- AP English Literature and Composition
- AP Seminar
IB Higher Level
- Language A: Literature HL or Language and Literature HL
- Film HL
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English Language and Literature, General at other schools in Maryland
- Loyola University Maryland$63,919
- University of Maryland-Baltimore County$57,547
- University of Maryland Global Campus$54,444
- Salisbury University$53,906
- St. Mary's College of Maryland$53,504
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- Hood College$50,126
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- Bowie State University$48,707
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore$48,475