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Bachelor's+7% vs national median645 grads tracked

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at CUNY Queens College

Ranked 50th of 264 bachelor's programs in Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics by 5-year earnings.

Median · 1 year out
$39,600
middle 50%: $26,148 – $58,193
Median · 5 years out
$60,413
middle 50%: $42,561 – $84,351
Median · 10 years out
$84,661
middle 50%: $52,829 – $112,093

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

Graduates of CUNY Queens College's bachelor's program in Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics earn a median $39,600 one year after graduating, rising to $84,661 by year ten. Five years out, earnings run 7% above the national median of $56,401 for this field, ranking 50th of 264 reporting programs.

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 yrs
≈ $8,248 total interest

Same major at other universities

City College of New York - CUNY
$60,895 · 5 yrs out
Hamline University
$60,837 · 5 yrs out
University of Lynchburg
$60,837 · 5 yrs out
Iowa State University of Science & Technology
$60,691 · 5 yrs out
University of Texas at El Paso
$60,637 · 5 yrs out
Stephen F Austin State University
$60,484 · 5 yrs out
Utah State University
$60,377 · 5 yrs out
CUNY Lehman College
$60,342 · 5 yrs out
Texas Tech University
$60,101 · 5 yrs out
University of Alabama
$60,062 · 5 yrs out
University of Texas at Dallas
$60,043 · 5 yrs out
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
$60,018 · 5 yrs out

Other majors at CUNY Queens College

Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Master's)
$106,654 · 5 yrs out
Education (Master's)
$101,982 · 5 yrs out
History (Master's)
$98,849 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Bachelor's)
$98,446 · 5 yrs out
Computer Science (Bachelor's)
$98,446 · 5 yrs out
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (Master's)
$96,689 · 5 yrs out
Physics (Bachelor's)
$91,987 · 5 yrs out
English Language and Literature/Letters (Master's)
$91,851 · 5 yrs out
Psychology (Master's)
$91,355 · 5 yrs out
Social Sciences (Master's)
$86,622 · 5 yrs out
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Master's)
$86,367 · 5 yrs out
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Master's)
$85,137 · 5 yrs out

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