Bachelor's · Minneapolis, Minnesota
Is English Language and Literature, General at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 10.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $39,191
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $51,421
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $73k (likely $73k – $78k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $10k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 10.5 years (likely 8.2–15.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$172k (likely −$223k – −$132k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$27k (likely −$140k – $79k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 85%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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AP classes
- AP English Language and Composition
- AP English Literature and Composition
- AP Seminar
IB Higher Level
- Language A: Literature HL or Language and Literature HL
- Film HL
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Other majors at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- Dentistry (First professional)$185,225
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$162,817
- Computer Engineering (Master's)$161,999
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$146,303
- Computer Science (Master's)$145,488
- Medicine (First professional)$141,568
- Engineering, Other (Master's)$141,008
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- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$128,612
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$125,454
- Applied Mathematics (Master's)$123,369
English Language and Literature, General at other schools in Minnesota
- College of Saint Benedict$51,753
- St Olaf College$49,382
- Winona State University$47,876
- St Catherine University$47,549
- Gustavus Adolphus College$46,987
- University of Minnesota-Duluth$46,740
- Minnesota State University-Mankato$45,688
- Minnesota State University Moorhead$45,483
- Hamline University$41,531
- Metropolitan State University$39,572