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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
University of Dayton · OH · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$24,398 debt$57,868University of Michigan-Ann Arbor · MI · Public · Bachelor's Degree$16,937 debt$57,809Tulane University of Louisiana · LA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$20,652 debt$57,752Saint Mary's College of California · CA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$24,125 debt$57,651University of Washington-Seattle Campus · WA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$18,017 debt$57,649William & Mary · VA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$19,500 debt$57,616Dickinson College · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,000 debt$57,603Saint Anselm College · NH · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$57,585Drake University · IA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$57,563University of Maryland-Baltimore County · MD · Public · Bachelor's Degree$19,500 debt$57,547James Madison University · VA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$22,500 debt$57,487Ohio University-Main Campus · OH · Public · Master's Degree$57,400Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public · Master's Degree$57,227North Carolina State University at Raleigh · NC · Public · Master's Degree$57,070Mercy University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$57,069University of Houston-Clear Lake · TX · Public · Bachelor's Degree$15,875 debt$57,052Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus · NJ · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,500 debt$56,969Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus · NJ · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,500 debt$56,969CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice · NY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$9,848 debt$56,768Georgian Court University · NJ · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$56,715Texas A&M University-College Station · TX · Public · Bachelor's Degree$19,937 debt$56,703California Baptist University · CA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$20,500 debt$56,656Nevada State University · NV · Public · Bachelor's Degree$56,591University of Missouri-Kansas City · MO · Public · Bachelor's Degree$24,125 debt$56,584Ursinus College · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$56,454Austin College · TX · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$56,362Loyola University Chicago · IL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$56,289University of Delaware · DE · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$56,243University of California-San Diego · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$14,800 debt$56,097Western Illinois University · IL · Public · Master's Degree$55,987Rollins College · FL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$55,912CUNY Hunter College · NY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$12,431 debt$55,759University at Albany · NY · Public · Master's Degree$55,691Whittier College · CA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,000 debt$55,536The College of Wooster · OH · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,717 debt$55,456Hobart William Smith Colleges · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$55,440University of Virginia-Main Campus · VA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$15,000 debt$55,412Sacred Heart University · CT · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$55,399Christopher Newport University · VA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$55,379University of Connecticut · CT · Public · Bachelor's Degree$24,529 debt$55,376Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data. Colleges without reported earnings for this field are omitted.