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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
CUNY Queens College · NY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$9,500 debt$50,194Hood College · MD · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$50,126University of Dallas · TX · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$20,247 debt$50,113Willamette University · OR · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$20,250 debt$50,060Texas Woman's University · TX · Public · Bachelor's Degree$28,395 debt$49,909Oberlin College · OH · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$49,906University of Houston · TX · Public · Bachelor's Degree$20,375 debt$49,884California State University-Long Beach · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$13,749 debt$49,804Bucknell University · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$49,785Southern Oregon University · OR · Public · Bachelor's Degree$21,500 debt$49,706University of San Francisco · CA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$49,684Iowa State University · IA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$24,000 debt$49,626John Carroll University · OH · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,188 debt$49,493Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College · LA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$21,625 debt$49,464University of Portland · OR · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$20,057 debt$49,434University of Michigan-Dearborn · MI · Public · Bachelor's Degree$31,000 debt$49,421San Diego State University · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$14,997 debt$49,406St Olaf College · MN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,715 debt$49,382University of Denver · CO · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,678 debt$49,287California State University-Chico · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$15,950 debt$49,189Lincoln University · PA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$49,159Michigan State University · MI · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,443 debt$49,154Kalamazoo College · MI · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,456 debt$49,150Northeastern Illinois University · IL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$19,000 debt$49,141University of Vermont · VT · Public · Bachelor's Degree$24,968 debt$49,101Guilford College · NC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$49,064Rhodes College · TN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$21,545 debt$49,042Old Dominion University · VA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$28,676 debt$49,024Pittsburg State University · KS · Public · Bachelor's Degree$49,023Baldwin Wallace University · OH · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$49,016Mount Holyoke College · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$23,000 debt$48,984University of Baltimore · MD · Public · Bachelor's Degree$33,750 debt$48,981Hendrix College · AR · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$48,969Rhode Island College · RI · Public · Bachelor's Degree$20,252 debt$48,948SUNY Oneonta · NY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$24,920 debt$48,926SUNY College at Potsdam · NY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$30,000 debt$48,920Texas A&M University-San Antonio · TX · Public · Bachelor's Degree$19,000 debt$48,877University of Nebraska-Lincoln · NE · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,000 debt$48,785University of Nevada-Las Vegas · NV · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,008 debt$48,773Sam Houston State University · TX · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,250 debt$48,761Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data. Colleges without reported earnings for this field are omitted.