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Bachelor's · Moorhead, Minnesota

Is Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at Concordia College at Moorhead 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 8.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
Not enough graduates to report
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$57,715
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$27,000
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$94k (likely $94k – $125k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$16k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MN
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
8.1 years (likely 5.1–14.9)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$138k (likely −$236k – −$29k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$58k (likely −$129k – $281k)
Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide)
70%
Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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🌍 Getting ready in high school

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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