2022 Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois

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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 Illinois, there were 103 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,000 and $21,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality American Sign Language programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the American Sign Language program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for American Sign Language in Illinois

#1

Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$31,099 Average Net Price

$32,925 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia College Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois list. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s ASL degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia also took the #1 spot in our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Columbia is $31,099 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree ASL students.

Read full report on American Sign Language at Columbia College Chicago

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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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