Bachelor's · Denton, Texas
Is English Language and Literature, General at University of North Texas worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $40,030
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $56,473
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $18,595
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $65k (likely $65k – $87k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $20k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6 years (likely 5.0–7.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$55k (likely −$122k – −$9k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $194k (likely $80k – $318k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 63%
- 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 / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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🎬 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
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Other majors at University of North Texas
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$111,807
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English Language and Literature, General at other schools in Texas
- Texas Christian University$64,885
- University of Houston-Clear Lake$57,052
- Texas A&M University-College Station$56,703
- Austin College$56,362
- Baylor University$54,367
- The University of Texas at Austin$53,860
- Lamar University$52,897
- St. Mary's University$51,014
- Texas Tech University$50,849
- The University of Texas at Arlington$50,495