Bachelor's · Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services (Bachelor's): earnings by school

103 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$33,556
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$50,748
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$18,875
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 90 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $42,922 and $55,778. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
Duke University NC$44,371$88,098—
Brandeis University MA—$78,746—
Emory University GA$32,043$76,993—
University of California-Berkeley CA$28,857$76,724$13,756
Virginia Military Institute VA$45,392$73,971$22,132
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA$44,759$68,263$20,500
Texas A&M University-College Station TX—$66,241—
Michigan State University MI$23,479$65,667—
Georgetown University DC—$65,574$13,295
Stony Brook University NY$45,668$64,547$18,750
University of California-Los Angeles CA$35,676$62,927$10,000
James Madison University VA$42,508$62,366$25,000
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL$35,421$61,774$18,375
University of California-Santa Barbara CA$31,482$61,580$10,166
University of Missouri-Columbia MO$38,261$61,080$20,500
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ$24,946$60,883$19,750
Brigham Young University UT$35,496$60,469$11,025
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC$43,228$60,031$18,894
The University of Texas at Austin TX$49,708$59,742$16,875
George Mason University VA$41,631$58,931$18,875
University of California-Davis CA$32,260$58,443$12,000
The University of Arizona Global Campus AZ$39,182$56,666—
Appalachian State University NC$27,600$55,778$24,112
University of California-San Diego CA$29,640$55,776—
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO$42,967$55,647—
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA$46,532$55,540$19,156
University of Southern Maine ME$34,364$55,435$16,329
Montana State University MT$30,125$55,352—
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI$31,982$55,137—
Mississippi State University MS$55,074—$26,958
The University of Texas at Dallas TX$35,303$54,985$20,415
Northern Arizona University AZ$43,181$54,276$13,812
Binghamton University NY$29,741$54,215$19,500
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC$45,584$54,181$10,000
Christopher Newport University VA—$53,564—
Gordon College MA—$53,475—
Western Illinois University IL—$53,453—
University of Mary Washington VA—$53,282—
Ramapo College of New Jersey NJ—$53,085—
University of Arizona AZ—$52,805$24,207
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN$41,851$52,703$19,500
Clemson University SC$28,230$52,044—
Portland State University OR$33,611$51,925$21,361
Stephen F Austin State University TX—$51,494—
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA$34,459$51,416$23,125
Metropolitan State University of Denver CO$40,858$50,926$15,667
Hofstra University NY—$50,571—
University of California-Santa Cruz CA$29,608$49,763$15,543
California State University-San Bernardino CA—$49,732—
San Francisco State University CA—$48,959—
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania PA$28,587$48,495$20,122
University of Florida FL$30,998$48,198$13,984
Colorado State University Pueblo CO—$47,362—
Florida Atlantic University FL$37,712$46,915—
University of Oregon OR$24,185$46,886$19,752
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE$39,960$46,595$11,000
Towson University MD—$46,447—
University of California-Riverside CA$29,142$46,306$17,243
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN$32,235$46,081$19,500
Virginia Commonwealth University VA$30,769$45,607—
University of Kentucky KY$39,541$45,148$23,255
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH$32,556$44,941$20,000
University at Buffalo NY—$44,841$20,500
Western Washington University WA$34,843$44,615$11,167
University of Utah UT$26,392$44,336—
Kennesaw State University GA$44,098—$16,404
University of South Florida FL$33,959$43,813$15,813
West Chester University of Pennsylvania PA$43,789—$20,500
Middle Tennessee State University TN$33,500$43,666$14,592
East Carolina University NC—$43,012$23,500
San Diego State University CA$29,617$42,922—
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale IL—$42,905$19,673
Indiana University-Bloomington IN—$42,321$18,410
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga TN$31,488$42,031—
Montclair State University NJ$35,075$42,017$22,000
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX$26,880$41,778$20,144
Missouri State University-Springfield MO$23,533$41,766$22,000
University of Vermont VT—$41,124—
University of Missouri-St Louis MO$34,334$40,768—
Iowa State University IA—$40,726—
University of South Alabama AL$21,260$40,641—
New Mexico State University-Main Campus NM$32,248$40,432$11,562
Georgia State University GA$32,879$40,310$22,500
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI$39,963——
The University of Texas at El Paso TX$23,338$39,907$16,850
University of Memphis TN$29,780$39,001$17,583
California State University-Long Beach CA$32,040$38,996$11,000
The University of Texas at Arlington TX$38,943—$12,001
Wayne State University MI—$38,926$21,456
University of Central Arkansas AR—$38,631—
University of North Georgia GA$38,192——
University of North Texas TX—$37,441—
University of Maryland-Baltimore County MD$34,441—$13,500
CUNY Queens College NY$34,085——
California State University-Northridge CA—$32,939—
Occidental College CA$32,627—$23,874
University of Southern Mississippi MS$32,193——
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras PR$15,383$31,930$5,500
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM—$31,036—
California State University-Fullerton CA—$29,715—
University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC$28,290——
Cornell University NY$25,278——
University of Georgia GA$24,903—$17,500