Bachelor's · Buffalo, New York
Is English Language and Literature, General at Canisius University 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 9.4 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
- $48,529
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $77k (likely $77k – $91k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $11k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9.4 years (likely 5.3–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$146k (likely −$230k – −$50k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$12k (likely −$177k – $189k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 61%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$62,398
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- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$61,044
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$60,750
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- CUNY York College$69,380
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- Cornell University$65,089
- Binghamton University$64,555
- Fordham University$63,834
- St Lawrence University$61,335
- Barnard College$61,327
- Colgate University$60,702
- Syracuse University$60,602
- Manhattan University$60,508