Bachelor's · New Brunswick, New Jersey
Is English Language and Literature, General at Rutgers University-New Brunswick worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 8.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $38,367
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $59,439
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,376
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $106k (likely $106k – $127k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $20k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NJ
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 8.4 years (likely 7.2–10.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$121k (likely −$189k – −$80k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $130k (likely $14k – $242k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 84%
- 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 / ≤ 5%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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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 New Jersey
- Seton Hall University$65,714
- Princeton University$61,323
- New Jersey City University$60,574
- Monmouth University$60,220
- Drew University$58,452
- Rowan University$57,895
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus$56,969
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus$56,969
- The College of New Jersey$56,905
- Georgian Court University$56,715