2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for American Sign Language in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value ASL Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,737 people earned their degree in American Sign Language, making the major the 197th most popular in the United States. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 319 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,400 and $26,507 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 47 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent American Sign Language programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the American Sign Language program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value ASL Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ASL Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for American Sign Language in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Gallaudet University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$18,706 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$50,606 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gallaudet University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value ASL Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 40 diplomas to qualified masters’s ASL students in 2019-2020.

Gallaudet also took the #1 spot in our “Best American Sign Language Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Gallaudet University are $18,706, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on American Sign Language at Gallaudet

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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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