Bachelor's · Memphis, Tennessee
Is English Language and Literature, General at University of Memphis 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 11.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $33,412
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $44,450
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $24,249
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $52k (likely $52k – $70k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 11.4 years (likely 7.7–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$171k (likely −$237k – −$116k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$69k (likely −$185k – $63k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 53%
- 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 / ≤ 20%
- 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
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- Language A: Literature HL or Language and Literature HL
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Other majors at University of Memphis
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$115,610
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$113,843
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$110,977
- Curriculum and Instruction (Doctoral)$97,572
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$96,546
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$95,794
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$94,722
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$90,207
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$89,702
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$89,516
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$89,515
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering (Bachelor's)$88,279
English Language and Literature, General at other schools in Tennessee
- Vanderbilt University$60,439
- The University of the South$58,164
- Rhodes College$49,042
- Middle Tennessee State University$47,105
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville$46,366
- Belmont University$46,342
- The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga$45,253
- East Tennessee State University$43,001
- Austin Peay State University$42,543
- Tennessee Technological University$40,380