Bachelor's+8% vs national median307 grads tracked
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at City College of New York - CUNY
Ranked 44th of 264 bachelor's programs in Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$45,609
middle 50%: $28,380 – $61,856
Median · 5 years out
$60,895
middle 50%: $43,530 – $81,985
Median · 10 years out
$76,015
middle 50%: $53,397 – $111,487
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (bachelor's) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
City College of New York graduates in Foreign Languages earn $46k in their first year. Median pay reaches $76k by the tenth year.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.
Will the degree pay for itself?
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Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).
Paid off in
6.8 yrs
≈ $7,628 total interest
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$61,926 · 5 yrs out
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$61,594 · 5 yrs out
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$61,468 · 5 yrs out
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
$61,398 · 5 yrs out
Central Connecticut State University
$61,167 · 5 yrs out
Hamline University
$60,837 · 5 yrs out
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$60,837 · 5 yrs out
Iowa State University of Science & Technology
$60,691 · 5 yrs out
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$60,637 · 5 yrs out
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$60,484 · 5 yrs out
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$60,413 · 5 yrs out
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