$36,228
Grouped estimate · Medium evidence.
Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · master's
Historical archive, not a current salary estimate.
English & writing
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
University of Delaware · Newark, DE
Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence
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Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · master's
Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $30,680–$41,016.
Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.
| Institution & subject | Reported earnings |
|---|---|
| University of California-RiversideRhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | $40,461 |
| Arizona State University Digital ImmersionEnglish Language and Literature, General | $42,682 |
| Rutgers University-New BrunswickEnglish Language and Literature, General, Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies · shared campus reporting | $39,927 |
| University of Massachusetts-AmherstRhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | $25,967 |
| University of North FloridaEnglish Language and Literature, General | $33,266 |
| Florida International UniversityRhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | $38,871 |
| Stony Brook UniversityRhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | $30,409 |
| University of North Carolina WilmingtonEnglish Language and Literature, General, Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | $33,586 |
| Texas Tech UniversityRhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | $52,107 |
| University of HoustonRhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | $44,384 |
| The University of AlabamaRhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | $30,771 |
| Florida Atlantic UniversityEnglish Language and Literature, General, Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | $28,779 |
How matching & uncertainty work
We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.
If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.
Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.
Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.
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