Bachelor's · Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Is Literature at University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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 10.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $36,663
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $49,140
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $72k (likely $72k – $87k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $11k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 10.2 years (likely 6.9–19.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$161k (likely −$232k – −$90k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$13k (likely −$163k – $147k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 45%
- 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 / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
Change income, residency or loans Compare Literature at other schools
🎬 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
Build my roadmap 🗺️ Middle school to career, plus high schools near you that offer these classes.
Other majors at University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg
- Applied Mathematics (Bachelor's)$95,719
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$83,516
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$82,966
- Chemistry (Bachelor's)$70,206
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$66,231
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$65,892
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (Bachelor's)$63,707
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$62,744
- Biological and Physical Sciences (Bachelor's)$62,698
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$57,594
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (Bachelor's)$57,012
- Literature (Undergraduate certificate)$56,649