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Bachelor's+18% vs national median409 grads tracked

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at CUNY Queens College

Ranked 9th of 222 bachelor's programs in Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics by 5-year earnings.

Median · 1 year out
$46,571
middle 50%: $30,033 – $66,280
Median · 5 years out
$68,702
middle 50%: $46,435 – $87,894
Median · 10 years out
$91,284
middle 50%: $56,964 – $115,552

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

Graduates of CUNY Queens College's bachelor's program in Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics earn a median $46,571 one year after graduating, rising to $91,284 by year ten. Five years out, earnings run 18% above the national median of $58,166 for this field, ranking 9th of 222 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
6.2 yrs
≈ $7,061 total interest

Same major at other universities

Washington and Lee University
$71,942 · 5 yrs out
Sacred Heart University
$71,212 · 5 yrs out
College of Saint Scholastica
$70,870 · 5 yrs out
State University of New York at Stony Brook
$70,595 · 5 yrs out
University of Virginia
$69,819 · 5 yrs out
Pennsylvania State University (The)
$68,919 · 5 yrs out
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

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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