Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
940 students earn a germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics credential each year across 222 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
- $44,390
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $56,238
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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 205 colleges by graduate earnings
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island18$65,2491 year out$93,550$23,7732Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan7$55,6911 year out—$23,0003University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina13$44,3901 year out$43,194$23,4054University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan39$41,2861 year out$55,147$18,6025University of Puget SoundTacoma, Washington4$20,9161 year out——6University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas15—1 year out——7University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts14—1 year out——8University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington14—1 year out——9Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon12—1 year out——10University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin12—1 year out——11University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado11—1 year out——12University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia11—1 year out$56,238—13Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio11—1 year out——14University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut10—1 year out——15St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota10—1 year out——16University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona9—1 year out——17University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana9—1 year out——18Kalamazoo CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan9—1 year out——19University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska9—1 year out——20University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire9—1 year out——21University of OregonEugene, Oregon9—1 year out——22University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California8—1 year out——23Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine8—1 year out——24University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland8—1 year out——25United States Military AcademyWest Point, New York8—1 year out——26University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma8—1 year out——27University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——28College of CharlestonCharleston, South Carolina8—1 year out——29University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois7—1 year out——30Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, Iowa7—1 year out——31Wayne State UniversityDetroit, Michigan7—1 year out——32University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota7—1 year out——33Furman UniversityGreenville, South Carolina7—1 year out——34Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona6—1 year out——35California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California6—1 year out——36Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida6—1 year out——37Luther CollegeDecorah, Iowa6—1 year out——38Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York6—1 year out——39Lewis & Clark CollegePortland, Oregon6—1 year out——40Washington & Jefferson CollegeWashington, Pennsylvania6—1 year out——41University of Wisconsin-La CrosseLa Crosse, Wisconsin6—1 year out——42University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin6—1 year out——43University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California5—1 year out——44Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana5—1 year out——45Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts5—1 year out——46The University of MontanaMissoula, Montana5—1 year out——47CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York5—1 year out——48Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina5—1 year out——49Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon5—1 year out——50Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——51Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington5—1 year out——52University of DenverDenver, Colorado4—1 year out——53Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho4—1 year out——54DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois4—1 year out——55University of IowaIowa City, Iowa4—1 year out——56Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts4—1 year out——57Macalester CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota4—1 year out——58Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey4—1 year out——59Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York4—1 year out——60University of RochesterRochester, New York4—1 year out——61Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York4—1 year out——62Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York4—1 year out——63Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina4—1 year out——64Denison UniversityGranville, Ohio4—1 year out——65Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio4—1 year out——66University of Mount UnionAlliance, Ohio4—1 year out——67Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——68Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——69Susquehanna UniversitySelinsgrove, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——70Belmont UniversityNashville, Tennessee4—1 year out——71Rhodes CollegeMemphis, Tennessee4—1 year out——72Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont4—1 year out——73William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia4—1 year out——74University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia4—1 year out——75University of Wisconsin-Green BayGreen Bay, Wisconsin4—1 year out——76California State University-ChicoChico, California3—1 year out——77University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California3—1 year out——78Connecticut CollegeNew London, Connecticut3—1 year out——79George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia3—1 year out——80Berry CollegeMount Berry, Georgia3—1 year out——81University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii3—1 year out——82Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois3—1 year out——83Butler UniversityIndianapolis, Indiana3—1 year out——84University of Southern IndianaEvansville, Indiana3—1 year out——85Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso, Indiana3—1 year out——86Wabash CollegeCrawfordsville, Indiana3—1 year out——87Centre CollegeDanville, Kentucky3—1 year out——88Northern Kentucky UniversityHighland Heights, Kentucky3—1 year out——89Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine3—1 year out——90Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland3—1 year out——91Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts3—1 year out——92Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, Michigan3—1 year out——93Hope CollegeHolland, Michigan3—1 year out——94Oakland UniversityRochester Hills, Michigan3—1 year out——95University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri3—1 year out——96Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri3—1 year out——97Montana State UniversityBozeman, Montana3—1 year out——98Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey3—1 year out——99Union CollegeSchenectady, New York3—1 year out——100University of North DakotaGrand Forks, North Dakota3—1 year out——
Associate programs — 8 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Grossmont CollegeEl Cajon, California3—1 year out——2Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, California2—1 year out——3Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California2—1 year out——4Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas2—1 year out——5Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California1—1 year out——6Pasadena City CollegePasadena, California1—1 year out——7San Diego Mesa CollegeSan Diego, California1—1 year out——8Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah1—1 year out——
Certificate programs — 22 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin52—1 year out——2The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas23—1 year out——3Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho14—1 year out——4University of North DakotaGrand Forks, North Dakota12—1 year out——5Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania11—1 year out——6Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California7—1 year out——7University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——8Grossmont CollegeEl Cajon, California4—1 year out——9Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey3—1 year out——10University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireEau Claire, Wisconsin3—1 year out——11Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——12Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah2—1 year out——13Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia1—1 year out——14Idaho State UniversityPocatello, Idaho1—1 year out——15University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland1—1 year out——16Lansing Community CollegeLansing, Michigan1—1 year out——17Webster UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri1—1 year out——18Minot State UniversityMinot, North Dakota1—1 year out——19Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio1—1 year out——20Western Oregon UniversityMonmouth, Oregon1—1 year out——21Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——22University of Wisconsin-OshkoshOshkosh, Wisconsin1—1 year out——
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 (—).