Deaf Studies is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #728 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Deaf Studies Schools in California ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 181 degrees in deaf studies to qualified students.
Your choice of deaf studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Deaf Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 in California.
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The schools below may not offer all types of deaf studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
California State University - Long Beach is a great option for students pursuing a degree in deaf studies. Located in the large city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #186 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means CSULB is a great university overall.
There were approximately 38 deaf studies students who graduated with this degree at CSULB in the most recent year we have data available.
California State University - Northridge is a great option for students pursuing a degree in deaf studies. CSUN is a very large public university located in the large city of Northridge. 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.
Any student who is interested in deaf studies needs to take a look at California State University - Sacramento. Sac State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Sacramento. This university ranks 39th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 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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Your choice of deaf studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Deaf Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
