2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Education of the Deaf in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Education of the Deaf is the 790th most popular major in the country with 363 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 30 education of the deaf graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 education of the deaf graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in education of the deaf. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in education of the deaf.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The deaf education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Far Western US Region”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Education of the Deaf in the Far Western US Region

1

Western Oregon University
Monmouth, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Oregon University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Far Western US Region. Western Oregon University is a public institution located in Monmouth, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Western Oregon State College Education of the Deaf Report

2

California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Lutheran University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Far Western US Region list. California Lutheran University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Thousand Oaks, California. It awarded 2 masters’s deaf education degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Education of the Deaf at CLU

3

Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Far Western US Region. Washington State University is a large public school situated in Pullman, Washington. It awarded 0 masters’s deaf education degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Education of the Deaf at Washington State University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Education of the Deaf

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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