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English Language and Literature, General
CIP 2301 · offered at 1,548 colleges · national median earnings $49,154 · median debt $24,538
CollegeMedian earnings
The College of New Jersey · NJ · Public · Master's Degree$66,123Seton Hall University · NJ · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,139 debt$65,714Arizona State University Campus Immersion · AZ · Public · Master's Degree$65,658Arizona State University Digital Immersion · AZ · Public · Master's Degree$65,658Monmouth University · NJ · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$65,238Amherst College · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$65,195Cornell University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$16,275 debt$65,089University of Massachusetts-Boston · MA · Public · Master's Degree$64,893Texas Christian University · TX · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$64,885Binghamton University · NY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$21,500 debt$64,555Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · VA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$21,625 debt$64,225Loyola University Maryland · MD · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$63,919Fordham University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$63,834Providence College · RI · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,500 debt$63,736California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,956 debt$63,413California State University-Fullerton · CA · Public · Master's Degree$63,212California State University-Los Angeles · CA · Public · Master's Degree$62,904The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · TX · Public · Master's Degree$62,899Bridgewater State University · MA · Public · Master's Degree$62,844Fairfield University · CT · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$62,527Yale University · CT · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$62,440Spelman College · GA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,564 debt$62,425Brandeis University · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$62,291San Francisco State University · CA · Public · Master's Degree$62,210Northwestern University · IL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$15,564 debt$62,147Bates College · ME · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$62,082Assumption University · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$62,073University of Pennsylvania · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,500 debt$61,989California State University-Northridge · CA · Public · Master's Degree$61,735St Lawrence University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$61,335Barnard College · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,000 debt$61,327Princeton University · NJ · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$61,323Miami University-Oxford · OH · Public · Master's Degree$61,269University of Louisiana at Lafayette · LA · Public · Doctoral Degree$61,123University of Notre Dame · IN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,500 debt$60,998Gettysburg College · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,724 debt$60,876Colgate University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$15,875 debt$60,702Syracuse University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,750 debt$60,602New Jersey City University · NJ · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,980 debt$60,574Manhattan University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$60,508Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data. Colleges without reported earnings for this field are omitted.