2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for American Sign Language in the New England Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ASL Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 2,724 people earned their degree in American Sign Language, making the major the 199th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, American Sign Language graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,250 and had an average of $24,208 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 63 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 18 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ASL Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in American Sign Language. That schools that top this list have a program in American Sign Language in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ASL Major in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ASL Major in the New England Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for American Sign Language in the New England Region

1

Northwestern Connecticut Community College
Winsted, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern Connecticut Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ASL Major in the New England Region list. NCCC is a public institution located in Winsted, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Northwestern Connecticut Community College American Sign Language Report

2

Northern Essex Community College
Haverhill, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Essex Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ASL Major in the New England Region list. Located in Haverhill, Massachusetts, this small public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified associates’s ASL students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on American Sign Language at NECC

3

Bristol Community College
Fall River, Massachusetts

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ASL Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bristol Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Fall River, Massachusetts, and it awarded 5 associates’s ASL degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on American Sign Language at Bristol Community College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for American Sign Language

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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