Bachelor's · Charlotte, North Carolina
Is English Language and Literature, General at University of North Carolina at Charlotte worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 6.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $41,110
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $52,726
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $17,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $64k (likely $64k – $82k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $16k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.5 years (likely 5.4–8.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$80k (likely −$144k – −$40k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $127k (likely $18k – $236k)
- 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
- 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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🎬 Getting ready in high school
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
IB Higher Level
- Language A: Literature HL or Language and Literature HL
- Film HL
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Other majors at University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$158,814
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$151,262
- Engineering-Related Fields (Master's)$128,510
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$125,281
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$122,997
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$113,816
- Business/Managerial Economics (Master's)$112,577
- Applied Mathematics (Master's)$112,462
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Graduate certificate)$108,308
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$108,285
- Computer Science (Master's)$107,088
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$101,786
English Language and Literature, General at other schools in North Carolina
- Wake Forest University$77,847
- Elon University$68,927
- Duke University$52,808
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$51,208
- Guilford College$49,064
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh$48,338
- University of North Carolina Wilmington$46,008
- Appalachian State University$45,954
- Western Carolina University$45,079
- East Carolina University$43,585