Bachelor's · Turlock, California
Is English Language and Literature, General at California State University-Stanislaus worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $29,553
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $58,541
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $11,702
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $16k (likely $15k – $21k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $19k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3 years (likely 2.0–4.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$32k (likely −$111k – $57k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $214k (likely $39k – $408k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 52%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Students heading toward media & storytelling majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP English Language and Composition
- AP English Literature and Composition
- AP Seminar
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- Language A: Literature HL or Language and Literature HL
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