Bachelor's · River Falls, Wisconsin
Is English Language and Literature, General at University of Wisconsin-River Falls 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 7.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $43,142
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $54,876
- 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
- $62k (likely $62k – $81k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $14k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.3 years (likely 4.7–14.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$124k (likely −$214k – −$26k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $68k (likely −$118k – $283k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 58%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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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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English Language and Literature, General at other schools in Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin-Madison$53,197
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh$48,178
- Lawrence University$47,954
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