2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for American Sign Language in the Far Western US Region

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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 Far Western US region, there were 687 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,834 and $22,950 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ASL Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 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.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ASL Major in the Far Western US Region

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

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for American Sign Language in the Far Western US Region

1

Western Oregon University
Monmouth, Oregon

$27,834 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,950 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ASL Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Oregon University landed the #1 spot on the list. Western Oregon University is located in Monmouth, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s ASL degrees to qualified students.

Read more about American Sign Language at Western Oregon University

2

Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

Top 25% overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ASL Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in Ellensburg, Washington, this fairly large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ASL students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on American Sign Language at Central Washington University

• Most Focused Bachelor’s 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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