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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
Vassar College · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,000 debt$60,461University of North Carolina at Charlotte · NC · Public · Master's Degree$60,452University of Northern Iowa · IA · Public · Master's Degree$60,443Vanderbilt University · TN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$13,420 debt$60,439Florida State University · FL · Public · Doctoral Degree$60,363University of California-Berkeley · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$13,500 debt$60,187Stonehill College · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$24,737 debt$60,131Davidson College · NC · Private (nonprofit) · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$60,000CUNY Bernard M Baruch College · NY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$15,000 debt$59,994Wellesley College · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$12,000 debt$59,865University of Iowa · IA · Public · Doctoral Degree$59,774CUNY Medgar Evers College · NY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$59,650Sonoma State University · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$18,239 debt$59,418Columbia University in the City of New York · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,500 debt$59,396Wheaton College (Massachusetts) · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,748 debt$59,381University of Southern California · CA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$7,875 debt$59,345The University of Texas at Tyler · TX · Public · Master's Degree$59,336University of California-Santa Barbara · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$17,550 debt$59,334University of Maryland-College Park · MD · Public · Bachelor's Degree$21,500 debt$59,288Siena University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$59,280St. John's University-New York · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$59,267Gonzaga University · WA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$59,151University of California-Davis · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$13,900 debt$59,012Texas State University · TX · Public · Master's Degree$58,914Lake Forest College · IL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$23,250 debt$58,901Georgia State University · GA · Public · Doctoral Degree$58,877University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus · OK · Public · Bachelor's Degree$20,500 debt$58,854Salisbury University · MD · Public · Master's Degree$58,759University of California-Merced · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$24,000 debt$58,623Boston University · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,395 debt$58,564Westmont College · CA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,388 debt$58,459Drew University · NJ · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$58,452Mount Saint Mary College · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$58,434The University of the South · TN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$21,175 debt$58,164Saint Michael's College · VT · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$58,137Dartmouth College · NH · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$20,407 debt$58,090Chapman University · CA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$22,750 debt$58,055Wofford College · SC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,941 debt$58,036University of Richmond · VA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$22,980 debt$58,014Rowan University · NJ · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,554 debt$57,895Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data. Colleges without reported earnings for this field are omitted.