Bachelor's · Ithaca, New York
Is Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services at Cornell University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $27,152
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $144k (likely $144k – $144k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$10k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$435k (likely −$496k – −$370k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$539k (likely −$652k – −$407k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 95%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Law (Doctoral)$259,851
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$226,632
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- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$163,586
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$161,226
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$156,103
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$155,909
- Operations Research (Bachelor's)$151,709
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$147,241
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services at other schools in New York
- Stony Brook University$64,547
- Binghamton University$54,215
- Hofstra University$50,571
- University at Buffalo$44,841
- CUNY Queens College$34,085