University of Minnesota-Duluth English (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in English Language and Literature, General
- Public university
- Duluth, MN
- About 16 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
University of Minnesota-Duluth English graduates earn more than graduates of most English programs nationally, $35,118 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $24,191 in federal loans, close to the national median of $24,498. It is one of the higher-paying English degrees in Minnesota.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Minnesota and national columns are the medians across all English bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, University of Minnesota-Duluth graduates earn less than the national figure and about the same as the Minnesota median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Minnesota English program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Minnesota medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 26% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned about the same in their first year as other graduates. They also borrowed less. At this program, the outcome does not look worse for students with less money.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $256 a month, or 8.7% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
90% of graduates (35 of 39) were working in Minnesota one year after graduating. Prices in the Duluth area are about 11% below the national average, so a $35,118 salary here buys what about $39,562 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to English, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
$76,460Median pay in Minnesota. 16,020 people work in this job in Minnesota. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 63,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Proofreaders and Copy Markers
$49,450Median pay in Minnesota. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 1% from 2025 to 2035, with about 1,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About University of Minnesota-Duluth
English ranks 31st of 41 bachelor's programs at University of Minnesota-Duluth by first-year earnings. The top three are Industrial Engineering ($77,781), Electrical Engineering ($74,197), and Computer Science ($73,224).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $35,118 one year after graduating and $44,130 five years after. The median across English bachelor's programs in Minnesota is $29,445.
The median federal loan balance is $24,191, which ranks 4th lowest of 10 English bachelor's programs in Minnesota. That works out to about $256 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 69% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 77%.
Most do. 90% (35 of 39) were working in Minnesota one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Minnesota comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the English program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024