Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
1,128 students earn a classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics credential each year across 203 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
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- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $46,895
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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 198 colleges by graduate earnings
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island25—1 year out——2University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona21—1 year out——3Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida19—1 year out$46,695$19,6334William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia19—1 year out——5University of FloridaGainesville, Florida18—1 year out$48,957—6University of KansasLawrence, Kansas18—1 year out——7University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin18—1 year out——8University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri17—1 year out——9University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana16—1 year out——10Oberlin CollegeOberlin, Ohio16—1 year out——11College of CharlestonCharleston, South Carolina16—1 year out——12University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois15—1 year out——13College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts15—1 year out——14University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado14—1 year out——15Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts14—1 year out——16Hope CollegeHolland, Michigan14—1 year out——17Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania14—1 year out—$22,56018University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania14—1 year out——19The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas14—1 year out——20Trinity UniversitySan Antonio, Texas14—1 year out——21Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania13—1 year out——22University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts12—1 year out$46,895—23University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia12—1 year out——24University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington12—1 year out——25Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia11—1 year out——26University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia11—1 year out——27Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts11—1 year out——28Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York11—1 year out——29Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York11—1 year out——30University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina11—1 year out——31Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana10—1 year out——32Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, Michigan10—1 year out——33Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey10—1 year out——34CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York10—1 year out——35University of VermontBurlington, Vermont10—1 year out——36Gustavus Adolphus CollegeSaint Peter, Minnesota9—1 year out——37University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania9—1 year out——38Stanford UniversityStanford, California9—1 year out——39Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut8—1 year out——40Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois8—1 year out——41Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire8—1 year out——42Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——43Furman UniversityGreenville, South Carolina8—1 year out——44University of Mary WashingtonFredericksburg, Virginia8—1 year out——45University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin8—1 year out——46Pomona CollegeClaremont, California7—1 year out——47Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, California7—1 year out——48Wabash CollegeCrawfordsville, Indiana7—1 year out——49Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, Iowa7—1 year out——50Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine7—1 year out——51University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, Massachusetts7—1 year out——52Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey7—1 year out——53Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey7—1 year out——54University of RochesterRochester, New York7—1 year out——55University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, North Carolina7—1 year out—$27,00056Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio7—1 year out——57Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio7—1 year out——58Reed CollegePortland, Oregon7—1 year out——59The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee7—1 year out——60University of DallasIrving, Texas7—1 year out——61Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas7—1 year out——62Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah7—1 year out——63Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington7—1 year out——64Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut6—1 year out——65University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois6—1 year out——66Monmouth CollegeMonmouth, Illinois6—1 year out——67Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana6—1 year out——68Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts6—1 year out——69Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan6—1 year out——70University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire6—1 year out——71Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York6—1 year out——72Hobart William Smith CollegesGeneva, New York6—1 year out——73Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio6—1 year out——74Rice UniversityHouston, Texas6—1 year out——75Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia6—1 year out——76University of Puget SoundTacoma, Washington6—1 year out——77Ave Maria UniversityAve Maria, Florida6—1 year out——78University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California5—1 year out——79University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz, California5—1 year out——80Eckerd CollegeSaint Petersburg, Florida5—1 year out——81University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii5—1 year out——82Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois5—1 year out——83University of IowaIowa City, Iowa5—1 year out——84Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana5—1 year out——85University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland5—1 year out——86University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York5—1 year out——87University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio5—1 year out——88Denison UniversityGranville, Ohio5—1 year out——89Kenyon CollegeGambier, Ohio5—1 year out——90University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma5—1 year out——91Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——92Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——93Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island5—1 year out——94Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas5—1 year out——95University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia5—1 year out——96University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California4—1 year out——97Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado4—1 year out——98University of DelawareNewark, Delaware4—1 year out——99DePauw UniversityGreencastle, Indiana4—1 year out——100Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts4—1 year out——
Associate programs — 2 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
Certificate programs — 4 colleges
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).