Bachelor's · Baltimore, Maryland
Is English Language and Literature, General at University of Maryland-Baltimore County 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $36,822
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $61,812
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $22,119
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $107k (likely $107k – $144k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $22k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MD
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 8 years (likely 6.0–11.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$114k (likely −$208k – −$25k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $159k (likely −$18k – $360k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 68%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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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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English Language and Literature, General at other schools in Maryland
- Loyola University Maryland$63,919
- University of Maryland-College Park$59,288
- University of Maryland Global Campus$54,444
- Salisbury University$53,906
- St. Mary's College of Maryland$53,504
- Towson University$53,164
- Hood College$50,126
- University of Baltimore$48,981
- Bowie State University$48,707
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore$48,475