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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for American Sign Language in the Southeast Region

8 Ranked Colleges
109 Degrees Awarded
$14,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Southeast region, there were 311 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,100 and $19,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 109 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in American Sign Language. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality American Sign Language programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree asl students.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for American Sign Language in the Southeast Region

#1

Valdosta State University

Valdosta, Georgia

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Valdosta State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Valdosta, Georgia, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s ASL degrees in 2019-2020.

VSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Valdosta State University is $13,969 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree ASL students.

Full Valdosta State University American Sign Language Report

#2

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Florida landed the #2 spot on the list. UNF is a public institution located in Jacksonville, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree asl students list, UNF has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $9,606 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree ASL students per year to attend University of North Florida.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about American Sign Language at University of North Florida

#3

Troy University

Troy, Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Troy University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Troy, Alabama, this fairly large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ASL students in 2019-2020.

TROY not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend TROY is $14,285 for southeast region bachelor’s degree asl students.

Read full report on American Sign Language at TROY

#4

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Kentucky University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Eastern Kentucky University is located in Richmond, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s ASL degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree asl students list, Eastern has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $14,149 for southeast region bachelor’s degree asl students per year to attend Eastern Kentucky University.

Read full report on American Sign Language at Eastern

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ASL students in 2019-2020.

UA Little Rock did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arkansas at Little Rock is $14,906 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree ASL students.

Read full report on American Sign Language at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

#6

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

University of Louisville landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. UofL is located in Louisville, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s ASL degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree asl students list, UofL has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Louisville is $16,867 for southeast region bachelor’s degree asl students.

Full UofL American Sign Language Report

#7

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia
#5 in overall quality

Georgia State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ASL degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgia State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Georgia State University is $13,953 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree ASL students.

Full Georgia State American Sign Language Report

#8

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, North Carolina

Gardner - Webb University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Gardner - Webb is a small school located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina that handed out 3 bachelors’s ASL degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree asl students list, Gardner - Webb has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Gardner - Webb University is $21,296 for southeast region bachelor’s degree asl students.

Read more about American Sign Language at Gardner - Webb University

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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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