2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for American Sign Language in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value ASL Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Plains States region, there were 186 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,600 and $20,394 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great American Sign Language programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value ASL Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value ASL Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree asl students.

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

#1

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$17,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value ASL Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St Catherine University landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s ASL degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

St. Kate’s did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best American Sign Language Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at St Catherine University are $17,400, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on American Sign Language at St. Kate’s

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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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