by our College Data Analytics TeamAmerican Sign Language is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at American River College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the associate degree program in ASL, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Online degrees for the American River ASL associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the American River Online Learning page.
About 90.5% of the students who received their AA in ASL in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 88.9%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 38.1% of the ASL associate degrees at American River in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 45%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 13 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
American Sign Language students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| American Sign Language (ASL) | 9 |
| Sign Language Interpretation & Translation | 12 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to American Sign Language.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 82 |
| Romance Languages | 7 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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