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Modern Languages, bachelor's programs in Vermont

Nationally, bachelor's graduates in Modern Languages earn a median $49,984 four years after graduating. Among 36 programs with federal earnings data, University of California, Berkeley (CA) graduates had the highest median, $76,724 (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Programs with data
36
Highest median
$76,724
National median
$49,984
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Modern Languages, bachelor's programs in Vermont: 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)Add to the side-by-side comparison
University of California, Berkeley$76,724+53%$14,000Compare
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University$68,263+37%$22,500Compare
Stony Brook University$64,547+29%$18,938Compare
University of California, Los Angeles$62,927+26%$15,000Compare
James Madison University$62,366+25%$18,879Compare
University of California-Santa Barbara$61,580+23%$13,000Compare
University of Missouri-Columbia$61,080+22%$18,500Compare
Rutgers University-New BrunswickFigure covers 3 campuses$60,883+22%$22,345Compare
Brigham Young University$60,469+21%$11,742Compare
North Carolina State University at Raleigh$60,031+20%$19,000Compare
The University of Texas at Austin$59,742+20%$21,696Compare
George Mason University$58,931+18%$19,500Compare
University of California-Davis$58,443+17%$13,798Compare
University of California-San Diego$55,776+12%$14,497Compare
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor$55,137+10%$13,720Compare
The University of Texas at Dallas$54,985+10%$20,205Compare
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$54,181+8%$16,782Compare
Ramapo College of New Jersey$53,085+6%$22,925Compare
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville$52,703+5%$20,612Compare
University of California-Santa Cruz$49,763about the same$16,740Compare
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania$48,495−3%$27,000Compare
West Virginia UniversityFigure covers 3 campuses$48,331−3%$20,916Compare
University of FloridaFigure covers 2 campuses$48,198−4%$17,758Compare
University of California-Riverside$46,306−7%$17,500Compare
University of Minnesota Twin CitiesFigure covers 2 campuses$46,081−8%$16,677Compare

The 25 highest of 36 programs. Ordered by median earnings four years after graduating: one federal measure, not a ranking of program quality.

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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: Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. 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).