Bachelor's+11% vs national median400 grads tracked
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at CUNY Hunter College
Ranked 16th of 222 bachelor's programs in Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$43,384
middle 50%: $29,153 – $63,071
Median · 5 years out
$64,812
middle 50%: $43,668 – $86,692
Median · 10 years out
$77,346
middle 50%: $56,045 – $108,603
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (bachelor's) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
Romance Languages graduates at CUNY Hunter College command a median first-year salary of $43k. Earnings grow to a median of $77k 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
6.6 yrs
≈ $7,589 total interest
Same major at other universities
University of Texas at Austin
$67,829 · 5 yrs out
Weber State University
$67,465 · 5 yrs out
College of William & Mary
$65,986 · 5 yrs out
Connecticut College
$65,458 · 5 yrs out
SUNY Old Westbury
$65,353 · 5 yrs out
University of Michigan
$65,308 · 5 yrs out
Benedictine University
$64,798 · 5 yrs out
Binghamton University
$64,702 · 5 yrs out
Wofford College
$64,608 · 5 yrs out
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
$64,546 · 5 yrs out
University of Texas at Arlington
$64,533 · 5 yrs out
University of Houston - Downtown
$64,318 · 5 yrs out
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$111,026 · 5 yrs out
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$107,101 · 5 yrs out
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$103,243 · 5 yrs out
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$93,187 · 5 yrs out
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$91,424 · 5 yrs out
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$89,536 · 5 yrs out
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