2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Education of the Deaf

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 363 people earned their degree in education of the deaf, making the major the 790th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 33 education of the deaf graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in education of the deaf. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their education of the deaf program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree deaf education students.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Education of the Deaf

1

College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada

Top 15% overall quality in United States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Southern Nevada. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major. College of Southern Nevada is a public institution located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Education of the Deaf at College of Southern Nevada

2

Florida State College at Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida

Top 15% overall quality in United States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State College at Jacksonville. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major list. FSCJ is located in Jacksonville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 associates’s deaf education degrees to qualified students.

Full Florida State College at Jacksonville Education of the Deaf Report

3

Miami Dade College
Miami, Florida

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami Dade College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Miami, Florida, this large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified associates’s deaf education students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Education of the Deaf at MDC

4

St Petersburg College
Clearwater, Florida

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Petersburg College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major. St Petersburg College is located in Clearwater, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s deaf education degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Education of the Deaf at St Petersburg College

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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