Bachelor's · Chandler, Arizona
Is Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services at The University of Arizona Global Campus worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 9.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $42,086
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $60,866
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $141k (likely $122k – $173k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $21k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in AZ
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9.6 years (likely 6.6–15.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$170k (likely −$295k – −$40k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $97k (likely −$129k – $360k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 12%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Students heading toward languages & cultures majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP Spanish Language and Culture (or French, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Latin)
- AP World History: Modern
- AP Human Geography
IB Higher Level
- Language B HL
- History HL or Geography HL
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- Northern Arizona University$54,276
- University of Arizona$52,805