by our College Data Analytics TeamAmerican Sign Language is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at Kent State University at Kent. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in ASL, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Kent State was ranked #26 on College Factual's Best Schools for ASL list. It is also ranked #2 in Ohio.
Here are some of the other rankings for Kent State.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Kent State paid an average of $844 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $490 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $10,810 | $19,686 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $12,084 | $12,084 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $3,726 | $3,726 |
Learn more about Kent State tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the Kent State ASL bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Kent State Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in ASL in 2019-2020, 90.9% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 87.1%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in ASL at Kent State in 2019-2020, 13.6% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 18%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 19 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
American Sign Language students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| American Sign Language (ASL) | 3 |
| Sign Language Interpretation & Translation | 19 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to American Sign Language.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 8 |
| Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 3 |
| Germanic Languages | 3 |
| Romance Languages | 8 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
