PlainCollege

English Language and Literature, General

1,273
Schools
Bachelor's
Credential Level
$52,962
National Avg Earnings

Earnings Distribution

Min
$48,031
25th %ile
$49,364
Median
$51,721
75th %ile
$55,843
Max
$69,556
$48,031 $69,556

Top Schools for This Program

School Name State Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
College of the Holy Cross MA 67 $69,556 $27,000
Southern Methodist University TX 17 $65,722 $19,500
Duke University NC 41 $65,074 $15,362
Villanova University PA 41 $64,967 $26,899
Santa Clara University CA 34 $64,019 —
Barnard College NY 54 $63,564 $18,558
Yale University CT 59 $60,462 —
Bucknell University PA 27 $60,450 $27,000
University of Notre Dame IN 50 $60,383 $19,000
Virginia Military Institute VA 11 $59,857 —
Fairfield University CT 34 $59,811 $27,000
Bates College ME 16 $58,988 —
Columbia University in the City of New York NY 101 $58,459 $25,000
University of San Francisco CA 28 $57,848 $24,995
Washington and Lee University VA 22 $57,710 —
Lafayette College PA 17 $57,474 $16,500
Boston College MA 142 $57,075 $18,940
Saint Anselm College NH 14 $57,001 $26,000
Georgetown University DC 81 $56,857 $16,000
Williams College MA 47 $56,571 $13,125
Wagner College NY 6 $56,311 —
Dickinson College PA 23 $56,242 $19,000
Loyola Marymount University CA 61 $56,111 $22,000
Syracuse University NY 58 $55,862 $26,750
Rice University TX 31 $55,843 —
George Washington University DC 52 $55,736 $23,250
Dartmouth College NH 33 $55,730 $17,000
New York University NY 16 $55,481 $21,519
Georgian Court University NJ 25 $54,818 $21,250
Wellesley College MA 27 $54,525 $10,925
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA 187 $54,107 $15,000
Gettysburg College PA 51 $54,100 $26,242
Wofford College SC 24 $54,078 $25,408
University of the Pacific CA 14 $53,852 —
Howard University DC 13 $53,815 —
Vanderbilt University TN 43 $53,767 $15,050
California State University-Stanislaus CA 50 $53,207 $13,000
Elon University NC 27 $52,954 —
University of California-Berkeley CA 236 $52,942 $12,979
Monmouth University NJ 47 $52,920 $26,000
The Catholic University of America DC 14 $52,555 —
University of California-Los Angeles CA 341 $52,432 $13,534
California State University-Bakersfield CA 61 $52,346 —
San Francisco State University CA 163 $52,278 $16,743
Morehouse College GA 25 $52,273 $26,000
Gonzaga University WA 39 $52,197 $27,000
Stonehill College MA 18 $52,006 $24,237
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL 126 $51,888 $19,500
Emory University GA 38 $51,789 $21,000
Fordham University NY 92 $51,721 $27,000
Binghamton University NY 141 $51,573 $19,500
Caldwell University NJ 6 $51,243 —
William & Mary VA 76 $51,194 $19,255
Texas Christian University TX 17 $50,987 —
Northwestern University IL 54 $50,797 $15,450
University of Portland OR 18 $50,756 $19,987
The College of New Jersey NJ 61 $50,697 $23,188
Providence College RI 29 $50,679 $22,750
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA 56 $50,644 $23,500
Rider University NJ 22 $50,626 $26,965
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA 141 $50,529 $21,750
Skidmore College NY 53 $50,391 $20,000
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia PA 28 $50,274 $26,915
Washington & Jefferson College PA 17 $49,992 $27,000
Simmons University MA 7 $49,781 —
Mount St. Mary's University MD 11 $49,733 —
Marquette University WI 11 $49,689 —
Harvard University MA 55 $49,675 —
Colgate University NY 49 $49,657 $15,875
Lehigh University PA 21 $49,498 $19,707
Sonoma State University CA 80 $49,487 $19,375
Seton Hall University NJ 27 $49,473 $24,188
Grinnell College IA 29 $49,405 $17,582
University of Houston-Clear Lake TX 28 $49,368 $14,125
Muhlenberg College PA 27 $49,364 $27,000
Texas Tech University TX 52 $49,332 $20,000
Kalamazoo College MI 23 $49,257 $25,456
Amherst College MA 39 $49,206 —
Sacred Heart University CT 20 $49,152 $27,000
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA 86 $48,910 $21,625
Smith College MA 48 $48,861 $19,000
Northeastern University Oakland CA 14 $48,771 $21,250
Northeastern University MA 23 $48,771 $21,250
Northeastern University Professional Programs MA 1 $48,771 $21,250
Xavier University OH 21 $48,723 $26,798
George Mason University VA 91 $48,616 $18,750
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College NY 41 $48,588 —
Cornell University NY 45 $48,481 $16,300
Rowan University NJ 57 $48,445 $22,500
Rutgers University-Camden NJ 34 $48,386 $21,500
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ 127 $48,386 $21,500
Rutgers University-Newark NJ 33 $48,386 $21,500
Marist University NY 13 $48,372 $25,831
University of Mary Washington VA 64 $48,368 $20,000
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI 124 $48,367 $16,887
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC 138 $48,296 $14,794
Connecticut College CT 24 $48,237 $24,125
University of Puget Sound WA 14 $48,162 $27,000
The University of Texas at Austin TX 192 $48,118 $20,500
Siena College NY 30 $48,031 $27,000

About This Data

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Median earnings represent graduates who received federal financial aid. Completers count and debt figures reflect program-level data reported by institutions. Data is updated annually.