Bachelor's+15% vs national median968 grads tracked
English Language and Literature/Letters at College of Staten Island/CUNY
Ranked 24th of 382 bachelor's programs in English Language and Literature/Letters by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$36,674
middle 50%: $25,593 – $52,470
Median · 5 years out
$61,255
middle 50%: $40,820 – $84,908
Median · 10 years out
$77,901
middle 50%: $52,178 – $109,636
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for English Language and Literature/Letters (bachelor's) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
English Language and Literature graduates from CSI earn $36,674 in their first year. Median earnings grow to $77,901 after a decade.
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
7.2 yrs
≈ $8,520 total interest
Same major at other universities
CUNY Lehman College
$62,585 · 5 yrs out
University of Texas at Austin
$62,340 · 5 yrs out
Saint John's University
$62,224 · 5 yrs out
University of Texas at Arlington
$62,100 · 5 yrs out
University of Connecticut
$61,975 · 5 yrs out
Texas A&M University
$61,332 · 5 yrs out
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
$61,233 · 5 yrs out
State University of New York at Stony Brook
$61,098 · 5 yrs out
James Madison University
$60,991 · 5 yrs out
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
$60,940 · 5 yrs out
CUNY Queens College
$60,894 · 5 yrs out
University of Michigan
$60,712 · 5 yrs out
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$112,060 · 5 yrs out
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$98,643 · 5 yrs out
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