Bachelor's · Cincinnati, Ohio
Is English Language and Literature, General at University of Cincinnati-Main Campus worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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
- $45,620
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $43,352
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,956
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $106k (likely $106k – $144k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $5k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in OH
- 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
- −$265k (likely −$353k – −$188k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$242k (likely −$377k – −$104k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 75%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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English Language and Literature, General at other schools in Ohio
- University of Dayton$57,868
- The College of Wooster$55,456
- Kenyon College$52,945
- Oberlin College$49,906
- John Carroll University$49,493
- Baldwin Wallace University$49,016
- Ohio State University-Lima Campus$48,301
- Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus$48,301
- Ohio State University-Marion Campus$48,301
- Ohio State University-Newark Campus$48,301