English Language and Literature: bachelor's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of english language and literature graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 470 colleges. National median: $36,768, rising to $49,024 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	Bowdoin College	ME	$56,516	—	—
2	Brown University	RI	$56,050	$73,497	$11,539
3	Villanova University	PA	$53,494	$67,157	$27,000
4	University of Houston-Clear Lake	TX	$53,349	$57,052	$14,393
5	Rider University	NJ	$53,068	$51,521	—
6	Duke University	NC	$52,808	—	—
7	Boston College	MA	$52,401	$70,141	$19,000
8	George Washington University	DC	$51,854	$70,766	$23,750
9	Wake Forest University	NC	$51,584	$77,847	$19,500
10	Chapman University	CA	$50,997	$58,055	$16,750
11	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	$50,370	$59,396	$18,971
12	Georgetown University	DC	$49,940	$78,370	$15,625
13	Wellesley College	MA	$49,650	$59,865	—
14	Colgate University	NY	$49,025	$60,702	—
15	Saint Anselm College	NH	$48,949	$57,585	—
16	The College of New Jersey	NJ	$48,792	$56,905	$21,637
17	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$48,749	$61,989	$8,000
18	University of San Francisco	CA	$48,659	$49,684	$23,500
19	St Lawrence University	NY	$48,523	$61,335	$26,000
20	Dartmouth College	NH	$48,457	$58,090	$11,000
21	Saint Ambrose University	IA	$48,310	—	—
22	Cornell University	NY	$47,541	$65,089	$14,394
23	Sul Ross State University	TX	$46,897	—	—
24	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	$46,868	$55,412	$15,145
25	Towson University	MD	$46,773	$53,164	$19,281
26	Millersville University of Pennsylvania	PA	$46,760	$42,756	$24,125
27	Monmouth University	NJ	$46,705	$60,220	$27,000
28	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	PA	$46,183	$41,226	$25,000
29	Bucknell University	PA	$46,137	$49,785	—
30	Yale University	CT	$46,048	$62,440	—
31	Connecticut College	CT	$45,872	$54,495	$26,000
32	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$45,810	$54,570	$14,479
33	University of Notre Dame	IN	$45,787	$60,998	$19,000
34	Fordham University	NY	$45,777	$63,834	$25,000
35	Spelman College	GA	$45,754	$62,425	—
36	Georgian Court University	NJ	$45,499	$56,715	$22,250
37	College of the Holy Cross	MA	$45,432	$74,214	$23,000
38	Southern Methodist University	TX	$45,378	—	$19,500
39	Mount Saint Mary College	NY	$45,189	$58,434	—
40	University of Portland	OR	$45,177	$49,434	$18,250
41	Mercy University	NY	$45,168	$57,069	$25,000
42	Morehouse College	GA	$45,016	$46,847	—
43	Howard University	DC	$44,790	$73,929	$25,500
44	Virginia Military Institute	VA	$44,768	—	$24,877
45	Assumption University	MA	$44,729	$62,073	$27,000
46	Central Connecticut State University	CT	$44,690	$55,295	$25,000
47	Georgia Gwinnett College	GA	$44,506	$37,719	$28,098
48	Rice University	TX	$44,410	$56,497	—
49	Bridgewater State University	MA	$44,372	$51,020	$23,500
50	Kean University	NJ	$44,301	$54,749	$21,418
51	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	PA	$44,201	$43,414	$23,250
52	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$44,165	$52,053	$13,000
53	Northeastern University Oakland	CA	$44,153	$67,877	—
54	Northeastern University	MA	$44,153	$67,877	—
55	Northeastern University Professional Programs	MA	$44,153	$67,877	—
56	Gonzaga University	WA	$44,023	$59,151	$22,250
57	Illinois State University	IL	$43,875	$47,445	$16,290
58	University of Richmond	VA	$43,719	$58,014	—
59	Harvard University	MA	$43,559	$50,428	—
60	Framingham State University	MA	$43,464	$53,400	—
61	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	WI	$43,461	$48,178	$22,375
62	University of North Dakota	ND	$43,444	$44,961	—
63	Iowa State University	IA	$43,430	$49,626	$18,761
64	Providence College	RI	$43,415	$63,736	$27,000
65	University of San Diego	CA	$43,413	$68,752	$24,625
66	American Public University System	WV	$43,357	$43,415	$27,318
67	Fitchburg State University	MA	$43,273	$51,141	—
68	Wofford College	SC	$43,183	$58,036	$22,750
69	Saint Michael's College	VT	$43,060	$58,137	—
70	Williams College	MA	$43,056	$69,065	—
71	The University of Texas at El Paso	TX	$42,977	$45,184	$21,462
72	Vanderbilt University	TN	$42,909	$60,439	—
73	Kenyon College	OH	$42,894	$52,945	$18,750
74	Saint Mary's College of California	CA	$42,863	$57,651	—
75	Barnard College	NY	$42,855	$61,327	$13,500
76	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	NY	$42,831	$59,994	—
77	Keene State College	NH	$42,798	$48,091	$26,000
78	Metropolitan State University	MN	$42,691	$39,572	—
79	University of Rhode Island	RI	$42,639	$54,524	$18,343
80	Emory University	GA	$42,552	$66,762	—
81	Augustana University	SD	$42,506	—	$27,000
82	Austin Peay State University	TN	$42,506	$42,543	$22,054
83	New Jersey City University	NJ	$42,482	$60,574	$26,085
84	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	$42,472	$40,360	$19,956
85	Oakland University	MI	$42,441	$48,101	$21,500
86	University of Houston-Downtown	TX	$42,381	$45,223	$21,318
87	Northern Illinois University	IL	$42,304	$47,981	$19,306
88	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$42,252	$50,495	$18,125
89	Grand Valley State University	MI	$42,194	$45,237	$25,500
90	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	WI	$42,185	$42,411	$24,620
91	William & Mary	VA	$42,147	$57,616	$15,000
92	Stony Brook University	NY	$42,134	$55,210	$18,728
93	Brandeis University	MA	$41,973	$62,291	$19,250
94	University of Iowa	IA	$41,897	$51,679	$25,250
95	Carthage College	WI	$41,845	$47,935	—
96	Clemson University	SC	$41,840	$50,582	$15,000
97	The University of Arizona Global Campus	AZ	$41,833	$47,071	$44,713
98	Benedictine College	KS	$41,763	—	—
99	Duquesne University	PA	$41,755	$54,025	$24,000
100	Athens State University	AL	$41,634	$47,773	$14,500
101	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$41,605	$57,649	$13,191
102	University of Minnesota-Duluth	MN	$41,397	$46,740	$17,888
103	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	$41,320	$59,288	$13,500
104	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	WI	$41,319	$46,043	$22,235
105	University of Rochester	NY	$41,130	$53,702	$17,447
106	Northwestern University	IL	$41,046	$62,147	$18,119
107	Amherst College	MA	$41,040	$65,195	—
108	Moravian University	PA	$40,959	$50,397	$26,000
109	Boston University	MA	$40,909	$58,564	$20,232
110	Weber State University	UT	$40,845	$46,508	—
111	Texas Woman's University	TX	$40,837	$49,909	$20,827
112	University of Phoenix-Arizona	AZ	$40,732	$47,429	$31,704
113	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	$40,715	$52,697	$23,250
114	University of New Hampshire at Manchester	NH	$40,715	$52,697	$23,250
115	University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online	NH	$40,715	$52,697	$23,250
116	Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia	PA	$40,701	$52,137	$18,638
117	Columbia College	MO	$40,699	$36,714	$29,076
118	Lake Forest College	IL	$40,657	$58,901	$20,500
119	Dalton State College	GA	$40,628	$45,747	—
120	CUNY Lehman College	NY	$40,618	$54,674	$6,900
121	Worcester State University	MA	$40,468	$43,416	$20,000
122	Sam Houston State University	TX	$40,416	$48,761	$26,500
123	Trinity College	CT	$40,402	$68,063	$21,500
124	Wheaton College	IL	$40,397	$52,647	$21,500
125	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	$40,362	$58,854	$25,980
126	Lafayette College	PA	$40,303	$53,050	$15,000
127	Temple University	PA	$40,207	$53,018	$24,882
128	Gustavus Adolphus College	MN	$40,187	$46,987	$24,469
129	University of Wisconsin-River Falls	WI	$40,165	$51,089	$19,500
130	Metropolitan State University of Denver	CO	$40,111	$51,955	$26,693
131	University of South Alabama	AL	$40,038	$51,718	$23,555
132	Luther College	IA	$40,019	$46,116	$27,000
133	East Carolina University	NC	$39,941	$43,585	$21,250
134	Florida Atlantic University	FL	$39,884	$47,642	$17,000
135	Elon University	NC	$39,786	$68,927	—
136	University of Central Arkansas	AR	$39,758	$44,809	$18,750
137	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	$39,704	$57,752	$19,500
138	Washington & Jefferson College	PA	$39,674	$50,646	$27,000
139	CUNY City College	NY	$39,605	$47,753	$12,000
140	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	CO	$39,604	$42,627	$16,750
141	Rowan University	NJ	$39,604	$57,895	$17,875
142	Saint Norbert College	WI	$39,390	—	—
143	Texas A&M University-Victoria	TX	$39,377	—	—
144	Jacksonville State University	AL	$39,314	$42,655	$25,000
145	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$39,242	$53,860	$15,889
146	Concordia College at Moorhead	MN	$39,237	$54,854	$24,594
147	Lamar University	TX	$39,140	$52,897	—
148	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	WI	$39,120	$46,409	$22,008
149	The University of Texas at Tyler	TX	$39,033	$48,397	—
150	University of Southern Maine	ME	$39,001	$43,823	$22,207
151	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	PA	$38,952	$47,162	$17,750
152	Texas State University	TX	$38,902	$47,634	$19,437
153	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	$38,866	$64,225	$18,500
154	Whitworth University	WA	$38,842	$47,699	$25,500
155	Syracuse University	NY	$38,821	$60,602	$19,500
156	Southern Oregon University	OR	$38,795	$49,706	$19,150
157	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	$38,731	$54,039	$25,215
158	The University of the South	TN	$38,532	$58,164	—
159	Radford University	VA	$38,508	$39,085	—
160	University of West Georgia	GA	$38,444	$40,855	$17,293
161	Eastern Washington University	WA	$38,444	$41,541	$14,000
162	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$38,432	$54,500	$18,827
163	Vassar College	NY	$38,425	$60,461	$19,000
164	Brigham Young University	UT	$38,417	$54,290	$11,000
165	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$38,384	$50,205	$18,656
166	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	AZ	$38,384	$50,205	$18,656
167	California State University-East Bay	CA	$38,377	$53,147	$15,000
168	University of Dayton	OH	$38,355	$57,868	$23,250
169	University of Mississippi	MS	$38,343	$42,000	$16,500
170	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	$38,292	$45,095	$19,250
171	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	$38,273	$49,088	$17,500
172	Marshall University	WV	$38,265	$39,402	$19,750
173	University of Houston	TX	$38,243	$49,884	$19,000
174	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$38,226	$46,075	$21,500
175	University of Louisville	KY	$38,218	$45,572	$15,949
176	University of Delaware	DE	$38,209	$56,243	$22,608
177	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	$38,183	$53,347	$24,276
178	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$38,166	$45,844	$19,500
179	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$38,160	$48,785	$23,250
180	Wabash College	IN	$38,151	$53,638	—
181	Dickinson College	PA	$38,146	$57,603	$22,250
182	Stephen F Austin State University	TX	$38,145	$46,849	$20,375
183	Auburn University	AL	$38,141	$44,158	$21,622
184	Idaho State University	ID	$38,139	$40,602	$22,432
185	University of Nebraska at Omaha	NE	$38,105	$48,296	$15,300
186	Wilkes University	PA	$38,095	$54,563	—
187	Le Moyne College	NY	$38,043	$55,364	$24,250
188	University of Southern Indiana	IN	$38,026	$40,159	$19,500
189	Loyola Marymount University	CA	$37,926	$66,806	$16,087
190	Hofstra University	NY	$37,910	$55,054	$21,500
191	Aurora University	IL	$37,899	$52,231	—
192	University at Albany	NY	$37,891	$51,206	$19,144
193	University of South Dakota	SD	$37,856	$31,155	—
194	University of California-Davis	CA	$37,793	$59,012	$13,500
195	Seton Hall University	NJ	$37,764	$65,714	$23,625
196	Old Dominion University	VA	$37,733	$49,024	$26,000
197	University of Utah	UT	$37,717	$47,005	$15,805
198	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice	NY	$37,710	$56,768	—
199	Texas A&M University-San Antonio	TX	$37,645	$48,877	$14,197
200	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$37,625	$53,197	$16,700
201	Gettysburg College	PA	$37,613	$60,876	$27,000
202	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$37,602	$60,187	$12,500
203	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	$37,558	$46,712	$20,460
204	College of Charleston	SC	$37,530	$51,705	$21,500
205	Eastern Connecticut State University	CT	$37,516	$51,257	$21,125
206	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$37,505	$51,208	$8,104
207	University of Maryland Global Campus	MD	$37,472	$54,444	$14,666
208	Baylor University	TX	$37,471	$54,367	$20,500
209	William Paterson University of New Jersey	NJ	$37,346	$42,632	$24,192
210	Western Illinois University	IL	$37,323	$41,984	—
211	Oberlin College	OH	$37,312	$49,906	—
212	Purdue University Fort Wayne	IN	$37,310	$38,113	$22,846
213	Westfield State University	MA	$37,300	$51,322	$22,000
214	University of Nebraska at Kearney	NE	$37,296	$41,180	$22,725
215	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	$37,289	$56,703	$15,750
216	University of North Texas	TX	$37,268	$52,576	$18,595
217	Azusa Pacific University	CA	$37,258	—	—
218	San Francisco State University	CA	$37,226	$56,297	$15,833
219	University of Georgia	GA	$37,177	$51,988	$16,625
220	University of North Alabama	AL	$37,145	$47,150	$20,000
221	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	IL	$37,131	$41,310	$18,806
222	CUNY Hunter College	NY	$37,131	$55,759	$11,000
223	Angelo State University	TX	$37,104	$51,752	—
224	University of North Georgia	GA	$37,048	$45,047	$17,625
225	SUNY Old Westbury	NY	$37,047	$53,652	$11,625
226	Washington State University	WA	$37,045	$50,745	$18,880
227	University of California-San Diego	CA	$37,026	$56,097	$13,954
228	State University of New York at Oswego	NY	$37,017	$40,431	$22,475
229	University of Northern Colorado	CO	$36,946	$46,455	$22,500
230	Ithaca College	NY	$36,915	$53,185	$23,612
231	Kennesaw State University	GA	$36,915	$50,587	$19,750
232	Rhode Island College	RI	$36,849	$48,948	$20,250
233	University of Maine	ME	$36,791	$50,825	$21,875
234	Utah State University	UT	$36,779	$50,708	$18,925
235	Oregon State University	OR	$36,768	$42,541	$19,750
236	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus	OR	$36,768	$42,541	$19,750
237	Siena University	NY	$36,707	$59,280	$27,000
238	James Madison University	VA	$36,666	$57,487	$19,500
239	Flagler College	FL	$36,665	$53,263	$19,000
240	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$36,661	$48,773	$16,000
241	Sonoma State University	CA	$36,574	$59,418	$14,190
242	Florida Gulf Coast University	FL	$36,501	$45,842	$23,250
243	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	WI	$36,496	$43,258	$20,500
244	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$36,487	$47,873	$19,500
245	St Olaf College	MN	$36,426	$49,382	$25,431
246	The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	$36,426	$44,680	$21,250
247	University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	$36,249	$48,706	$18,336
248	Middle Georgia State University	GA	$36,238	—	$14,882
249	University of Central Florida	FL	$36,229	$46,532	$18,750
250	Southern New Hampshire University	NH	$36,134	$47,103	$19,334
251	University of Florida	FL	$36,108	$49,046	$13,131
252	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$36,076	$57,809	$16,577
253	Georgia State University	GA	$36,039	$49,792	$20,692
254	Wayne State University	MI	$36,031	$42,585	$19,342
255	Manhattan University	NY	$36,026	$60,508	—
256	Smith College	MA	$35,994	$52,938	$11,835
257	CUNY Queens College	NY	$35,994	$50,194	$14,893
258	Utah Tech University	UT	$35,980	$52,975	$15,358
259	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	LA	$35,970	$49,464	$16,750
260	University of Puget Sound	WA	$35,939	$50,690	$23,750
261	Middle Tennessee State University	TN	$35,908	$47,105	$15,750
262	University of Vermont	VT	$35,892	$49,101	$21,057
263	Northeastern State University	OK	$35,876	$38,731	—
264	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$35,864	$50,680	$14,000
265	Northeastern Illinois University	IL	$35,857	$49,141	—
266	Montana State University	MT	$35,826	$47,757	$26,500
267	Arkansas State University	AR	$35,807	$38,366	—
268	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$35,769	$55,346	$12,321
269	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	$35,719	$55,337	$19,376
270	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$35,719	$55,337	$19,376
271	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	$35,719	$55,337	$19,376
272	Morehead State University	KY	$35,698	$35,895	—
273	Whittier College	CA	$35,663	$55,536	$20,000
274	Indiana University-Indianapolis	IN	$35,594	$38,198	$22,905
275	University of Mary Washington	VA	$35,588	$45,824	$19,740
276	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	PA	$35,537	$50,299	$23,361
277	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre	PA	$35,537	$50,299	$23,361
278	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton	PA	$35,537	$50,299	$23,361
279	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona	PA	$35,537	$50,299	$23,361
280	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg	PA	$35,537	$50,299	$23,361
281	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine	PA	$35,537	$50,299	$23,361
282	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$35,537	$50,299	$23,361
283	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington	PA	$35,537	$50,299	$23,361
284	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York	PA	$35,537	$50,299	$23,361
285	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	PA	$35,537	$50,299	$23,361
286	University of Southern Mississippi	MS	$35,515	$39,214	$19,274
287	Portland State University	OR	$35,494	$43,342	$15,971
288	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	NM	$35,459	$46,850	$21,375
289	Columbus State University	GA	$35,447	$42,316	$19,000
290	California State University-Channel Islands	CA	$35,402	$53,200	$12,500
291	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$35,293	$63,413	$20,833
292	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$35,265	$48,475	$19,500
293	Lawrence University	WI	$35,191	$47,954	$19,000
294	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$35,189	$49,804	$12,779
295	The University of Alabama	AL	$35,138	$44,278	$21,375
296	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	MA	$35,133	$47,268	$20,813
297	Plymouth State University	NH	$35,128	$45,019	$27,000
298	North Carolina A & T State University	NC	$35,116	$40,317	—
299	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	$35,102	$59,334	$11,601
300	California State University-Dominguez Hills	CA	$35,056	$55,081	—

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do english language and literature graduates earn?

The median college reports $36,768 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in english language and literature and $49,024 four years after. The highest is $56,516 at Bowdoin College.

How much student debt do english language and literature graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $20,227 at the typical college.