by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on ASL Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 357 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,437 and $26,875 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 52 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on ASL Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on ASL Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on ASL Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Gallaudet University landed the #1 spot on the list. Gallaudet University is a small school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 46 masters’s ASL degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on ASL Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Rochester Institute of Technology is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 6 masters’s ASL degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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