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Pick a major, a degree level and a state. You get what graduates of each college's program earned four years after graduating and what they borrowed in federal loans, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, with the national median for the same program as the yardstick.

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English & Literature, bachelor's programs in California

Among 30 California bachelor's programs in English & Literature with federal earnings data, University of San Diego graduates earn the highest median, $68,752 four years after graduating, with a median federal debt of $24,000. Loyola Marymount University follows at $66,806. The national median for bachelor's graduates in the same program is $48,590. (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard.)

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30
Highest median
$68,752
National median
$48,590
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English & Literature, bachelor's programs in California: median earnings four years after graduating and median federal debt, in order of earnings.
CollegeMedian earnings, 4 yrs aftervs national medianDebt borrowed at this college (median)
University of San Diego$68,752+41%$24,000
Loyola Marymount University$66,806+37%$22,000
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$63,413+31%$23,500
University of California, Berkeley$60,187+24%$12,979
Sonoma State University$59,418+22%$19,375
University of California-Santa Barbara$59,334+22%$16,892
University of California-Davis$59,012+21%$13,500
California Baptist University$56,656+17%$21,500
San Francisco State University$56,297+16%$16,743
University of California, Los Angeles$55,346+14%$13,534
California State University-San Marcos$54,985+13%$15,500
California State University-Stanislaus$54,501+12%$13,000
University of California-Irvine$54,299+12%$16,446
California State University-Channel Islands$53,200+9%$13,000
California State University-East Bay$53,147+9%$14,863
California State University-Bakersfield$52,420+8%—
California State University-Los Angeles$52,259+8%$14,500
California State University-Fullerton$51,845+7%$13,873
University of California-Riverside$50,712+4%$18,052
California State University-Sacramento$50,680+4%$15,000
California State University-Long Beach$49,804about the same$14,400
San Diego State University$49,406about the same$15,122
California State University-Chico$49,189about the same$15,000
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona$47,721about the same$11,250
California State University-Northridge$47,660about the same$16,840

The 25 highest of 30 programs. Ordered by median earnings four years after graduating: one federal measure, not a ranking of program quality.

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What these numbers are

Earnings: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, earnings measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Only programs with at least 30 graduates in the earnings cohort are listed, and a multi-state system whose figure pools campuses in several states is left out of state lists. Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, worked, and were not enrolled in school; debt is the median federal loans borrowed at this college by graduates who borrowed (Direct Subsidized, Unsubsidized and Grad PLUS; not Parent PLUS, private loans or interest). Programs with too few graduates are suppressed by the Department of Education. Federal program group: English Language and Literature, General. Earnings reflect who enrolls and where graduates work as well as the program itself.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field-of-study data, 10 June 2026. Download every program (CSV).