CIP 1609 · Bachelor's Degree · Winona State University

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at Winona State University

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of Winona State University. 21 completers in the most recent 4-year window (31 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $47,576.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$47,576
Minnesota CIP-4 median $56,210
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$45,770
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$19,750
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
21
31 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Winona State University

5.5%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $19,750 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $47,576.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

4.7%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Minnesota CIP 1609 peer-median earnings $56,210.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$19,750
$23,250$19,75020142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201921
362120142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$108,547
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 22
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 22year 0year 39
Cost per year
$15,495
HS-only baseline · MN
$39,400
Years to complete
4
CIP family
16

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 1609

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics across Minnesota institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Minnesota Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →