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Best Colleges for English Language and Literature, General

Ranked by 5-year median salary · Bachelor's degree · 345 institutions with data

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# Institution State Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10 PP Adjusted
21 University of Michigan MI $39,067 $61,374 $83,412 $67,075
22 University of Houston - Downtown TX $41,933 $61,281 $71,639 $66,537
23 College of Staten Island/CUNY NY $36,674 $61,255 $77,901 $46,405
24 CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice NY $33,923 $61,233 $79,787 $46,389
25 University of Houston TX $40,292 $61,204 $71,886 $66,454
26 State University of New York at Stony Brook NY $34,578 $61,098 $78,777 $46,286
27 University of Massachusetts - Amherst MA $37,815 $60,940 $71,338 $41,120
28 CUNY Queens College NY $39,541 $60,894 $83,267 $46,132
29 Hampden Sydney College VA $38,107 $60,696 $76,015 $59,216
30 University of Houston - Clear Lake TX $47,329 $60,499 $65,763 $65,688
31 University of Texas at Arlington TX $48,642 $60,433 $69,489 $65,617
32 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL $40,033 $59,982 $76,716 $65,340
33 George Mason University VA $39,753 $59,939 $73,872 $58,477
34 Pennsylvania State University (The) - Brandywine PA $40,613 $59,848 $62,322 $61,007
35 College of William & Mary VA $40,157 $59,740 $76,921 $58,283
36 Texas A&M University TX $38,942 $59,400 $70,772 $64,495
37 Hampton University VA $28,497 $59,307 $78,072 $57,860
38 Texas A&M International University TX $44,469 $59,117 $64,834 $64,188
39 University of Texas at El Paso TX $40,342 $58,978 $64,930 $64,037
40 Saint John's University MN $39,884 $58,956 $82,803 $62,652

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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.