2022 Best Value ASL Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value ASL Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

American Sign Language is the 197th most popular major in the country with 2,737 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, American Sign Language graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,270 and had an average of $21,733 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 186 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,600 and $20,394 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 30 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value ASL Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in American Sign Language. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great American Sign Language programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the American Sign Language program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value ASL Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ASL Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for American Sign Language in the Plains States Region

#1

Saint Louis Community College

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$6,796 Average Net Price

$28,960 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value ASL Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Louis Community College is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 associates’s ASL degrees to qualified students.

Saint Louis Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best American Sign Language Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Saint Louis Community College is $6,796 for Plains States Region Associate Degree ASL students.

Read more about American Sign Language at Saint Louis Community College

#2

Saint Paul College

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$11,613 Average Net Price

$26,585 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Paul College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value ASL Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. Saint Paul College is a public institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree asl students list, Saint Paul College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best American Sign Language Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Paul College is $11,613 for Plains States Region Associate Degree ASL students.

Read full report on American Sign Language at Saint Paul College

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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