Bachelor's degree · Languages and linguistics · CIP 16.01
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 295 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, together awarding 4,678 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $33,556 one year after finishing and $55,185 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $20,232 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Colleges
295
Degrees awarded per yeariBachelor's degrees the school awarded in this major in the most recent reported year.
4,678
Median earnings, 1 yriMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 1 year after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$33,556
76 reporting
Median earnings, 5 yrsiMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 5 years after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$55,185
99 reporting
Median debtiMedian federal student-loan balance of the program's graduates. Excludes Parent PLUS and private loans. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$20,232
78 reporting
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Colleges with a bachelor's in Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
| University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz · Public | CA | 193 | $29,608 | $53,717 | $15,500 |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 102 | $35,676 | $76,734 | $11,472 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara · Public | CA | 102 | $31,482 | $76,464 | $10,500 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 84 | $30,998 | $63,905 | $20,214 |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley · Public | CA | 77 | $28,857 | $85,634 | $14,035 |
| University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras San Juan · Public | PR | 74 | $15,383 | $38,748 | $5,500 |
| New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces · Public | NM | 67 | $32,248 | $47,488 | $12,130 |
| Brigham Young University Provo · Private nonprofit | UT | 65 | $35,496 | $43,812 | $12,500 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg · Public | VA | 60 | $44,759 | $78,282 | $20,500 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst · Public | MA | 58 | n/a | $53,063 | $23,250 |
| University of South Florida Tampa · Public | FL | 58 | $33,959 | n/a | $16,500 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle · Public | WA | 57 | $46,532 | $56,160 | $19,156 |
| University of California-Riverside Riverside · Public | CA | 49 | $29,142 | $47,654 | $17,243 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh · Public | NC | 47 | $43,228 | $67,632 | $20,375 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville · Public | TN | 46 | $41,851 | $59,996 | $20,500 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick · Public | NJ | 44 | $24,946 | $66,101 | $20,500 |
| Stony Brook University Stony Brook · Public | NY | 44 | $45,668 | $63,711 | $22,926 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 42 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia · Public | MO | 42 | $38,261 | $71,785 | $21,000 |
| Brown University Providence · Private nonprofit | RI | 41 | n/a | $76,722 | n/a |
| Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro · Public | TN | 41 | $33,500 | $45,391 | $19,500 |
| The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson · Public | TX | 40 | $35,303 | $56,806 | $20,500 |
| University of Oregon Eugene · Public | OR | 40 | $24,185 | n/a | $22,541 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill · Public | NC | 39 | $45,584 | $64,084 | $10,956 |
| Montclair State University Montclair · Public | NJ | 38 | $35,075 | $62,814 | $23,250 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta · Public | GA | 36 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Memphis Memphis · Public | TN | 36 | $29,780 | $50,785 | $19,105 |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins · Public | CO | 34 | $42,967 | $63,387 | n/a |
| Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver · Public | CO | 34 | $40,858 | $58,536 | $18,954 |
| University of Georgia Athens · Public | GA | 34 | $24,903 | $45,030 | $21,500 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis · Public | MN | 34 | $32,235 | $53,203 | $19,500 |
| William & Mary Williamsburg · Public | VA | 34 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach · Public | CA | 33 | $32,040 | $41,591 | $11,000 |
| James Madison University Harrisonburg · Public | VA | 33 | $42,508 | $74,561 | $25,000 |
| University of California-Davis Davis · Public | CA | 33 | $32,260 | $51,505 | $12,000 |
| Georgetown University Washington · Private nonprofit | DC | 31 | n/a | $76,099 | $13,295 |
| Northern Arizona University Flagstaff · Public | AZ | 31 | $43,181 | $44,311 | $14,312 |
| University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore · Public | MD | 31 | $34,441 | $54,365 | $13,500 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 31 | $31,982 | $56,391 | $17,750 |
| Western Washington University Bellingham · Public | WA | 31 | $34,843 | $48,316 | $12,250 |
| Kennesaw State University Kennesaw · Public | GA | 30 | $44,098 | n/a | $20,250 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 30 | $32,556 | $50,760 | $24,500 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington · Public | TX | 30 | $38,943 | n/a | $12,000 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio · Public | TX | 30 | $26,880 | n/a | $20,144 |
| The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa · Public | AL | 29 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State · Public | MS | 28 | $55,074 | $60,124 | $27,000 |
| Yale University New Haven · Private nonprofit | CT | 28 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Appalachian State University Boone · Public | NC | 27 | $27,600 | $60,220 | $23,224 |
| Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton · Public | FL | 27 | $37,712 | $36,838 | $19,500 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh · Public | PA | 27 | $34,459 | n/a | $27,000 |
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Quick facts: Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services?
- The College Scorecard lists 295 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.
- How much do Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $33,556 one year after graduation (76 institutions reporting) and $55,185 five years after graduation (99 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: University of California-Berkeley ($85,634), Virginia Military Institute ($81,862), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ($78,282), University of Chicago ($78,070), and University of California-Los Angeles ($76,734).
- How much student debt do Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services graduates have?
- The median institution's Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services graduates leave with $20,232 in federal student loans (78 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: University of California-Santa Cruz (193), University of California-Los Angeles (102), University of California-Santa Barbara (102), University of Florida (84), and University of California-Berkeley (77).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services (CIP code 16.01), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.