The main focus area for this major is Sign Language Interpretation & Translation. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
American Sign Language is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at Rochester Institute of Technology. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s 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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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for ASL majors, RIT came in at #3. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in New York.
Here are some of the other rankings for RIT.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at RIT paid an average of $1,710 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $47,352 | $47,352 |
Fees | $676 | $676 |
Books and Supplies | $1,098 | $1,098 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,976 | $13,976 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $946 | $946 |
Learn more about RIT tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. ASL students who received their bachelor’s degree at RIT took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 28% higher than the national average of $21,044.
The median early career salary of ASL students who receive their bachelor’s degree from RIT is $37,478 per year. That is 29% higher than the national average of $29,063.
Online degrees for the RIT ASL bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the RIT Online Learning page.
About 92.0% of the students who received their BA in ASL in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 87.1%.
Around 12.0% of ASL bachelor’s degree recipients at RIT in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 18%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 21 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
American Sign Language students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Sign Language Interpretation & Translation | 25 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to American Sign Language.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 2 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.