When it comes to popularity, deaf studies sits in the middle of the road, ranking #728 out of 1506 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for deaf studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 297 degrees in deaf studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The deaf studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Deaf Studies rankings. For our Best Overall Deaf Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The deaf studies 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 the Best Deaf Studies Schools.
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Best Schools for Deaf Studies in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the deaf studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in deaf studies needs to check out California State University - Long Beach. CSULB is a very large public university located in the city of Long Beach. A Best Colleges rank of #186 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means CSULB is a great university overall.
There were about 38 deaf studies students who graduated with this degree at CSULB in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in deaf studies has to look into California State University - Northridge. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 49th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 115 deaf studies students who graduated with this degree at CSUN in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat California State University - Sacramento if you wish to pursue a degree in deaf studies. Located in the large city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 39th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 28 deaf studies students who graduated with this degree at Sac State in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The deaf studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Deaf Studies rankings. For our Best Overall Deaf Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
