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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
Bowie State University · MD · Public · Bachelor's Degree$48,707University of Alabama at Birmingham · AL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$24,946 debt$48,706University of Maryland Eastern Shore · MD · Public · Bachelor's Degree$28,000 debt$48,475University of Massachusetts-Amherst · MA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,950 debt$48,475Alma College · MI · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$48,445University of Illinois Chicago · IL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$18,750 debt$48,442Ohio State University-Lima Campus · OH · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,500 debt$48,301Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus · OH · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,500 debt$48,301Ohio State University-Marion Campus · OH · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,500 debt$48,301Ohio State University-Newark Campus · OH · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,500 debt$48,301University of Nebraska at Omaha · NE · Public · Bachelor's Degree$17,500 debt$48,296University of Illinois Springfield · IL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$32,574 debt$48,196University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh · WI · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$48,178Oakland University · MI · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,990 debt$48,101Keene State College · NH · Public · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$48,091Lawrence University · WI · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$47,954Carthage College · WI · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,269 debt$47,935Winona State University · MN · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,750 debt$47,876University of Minnesota-Twin Cities · MN · Public · Bachelor's Degree$20,500 debt$47,873Lebanon Valley College · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$47,838University of Arkansas · AR · Public · Bachelor's Degree$21,500 debt$47,809Randolph-Macon College · VA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,922 debt$47,804Athens State University · AL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,833 debt$47,773Montana State University · MT · Public · Bachelor's Degree$20,472 debt$47,757CUNY City College · NY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$13,782 debt$47,753Whitworth University · WA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$24,642 debt$47,699Florida International University · FL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$18,871 debt$47,659Florida Atlantic University · FL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$17,912 debt$47,642University of Oregon · OR · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,375 debt$47,639St Catherine University · MN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$47,549Gordon College · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$47,495University of Missouri-Columbia · MO · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,182 debt$47,487SUNY College at Geneseo · NY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,500 debt$47,460Hope College · MI · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,396 debt$47,445Illinois State University · IL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,125 debt$47,445University of Phoenix-Arizona · AZ · Private (for-profit) · Bachelor's Degree$45,880 debt$47,429University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth · MA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$28,500 debt$47,268California State University-Fresno · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$15,000 debt$47,223Eastern Illinois University · IL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,053 debt$47,222Marist University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$47,170Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data. Colleges without reported earnings for this field are omitted.