Bachelor's · Cleveland, Tennessee
Is English Language and Literature, General at Lee 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
- $30,223
- 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
- $89k (likely $89k – $107k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$6k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TN
- 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
- −$333k (likely −$399k – −$261k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$398k (likely −$517k – −$250k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 62%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Lee University
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$79,208
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$70,388
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$66,769
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$59,274
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$54,203
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$54,167
- Theological and Ministerial Studies (Master's)$52,697
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$52,116
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$50,249
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$48,382
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$46,719
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's)$46,573
English Language and Literature, General at other schools in Tennessee
- Vanderbilt University$60,439
- The University of the South$58,164
- Rhodes College$49,042
- Middle Tennessee State University$47,105
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville$46,366
- Belmont University$46,342
- The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga$45,253
- East Tennessee State University$43,001
- Austin Peay State University$42,543
- University of Memphis$41,383