2023 Most Well Attended ASL Major in New Mexico

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 “Most Well Attended ASL Major in New Mexico” 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 New Mexico, there were 23 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended ASL Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in American Sign Language. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular American Sign Language programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended ASL Major in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended ASL Major in New Mexico”.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for American Sign Language in New Mexico

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

$45,271 Average Early-Career Earnings

$19,843 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended ASL Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on American Sign Language at UNM

2

Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe, New Mexico

#15 overall quality in New Mexico

$40,512 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,563 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended ASL Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Fe Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Santa Fe Community College is a small school located in Santa Fe, New Mexico that handed out 3 ’s ASL degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about American Sign Language at SFCC

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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

• *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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