by our College Data Analytics TeamAmerican Sign Language is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at Madonna University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in ASL, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, 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 Madonna was ranked #21 on College Factual's Best Schools for ASL list. It is also ranked #3 in Michigan.
Here are some of the other rankings for Madonna.
Part-time undergraduates at Madonna paid an average of $800 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $24,000 | $24,000 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,384 | $1,384 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $11,450 | $11,450 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $2,626 | $2,626 |
Learn more about Madonna tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. ASL students who received their bachelor’s degree at Madonna took out an average of $34,000 in student loans. That is 62% higher than the national average of $21,044.
ASL who receive their bachelor’s degree from Madonna make an average of $32,569 a year during the early days of their career. That is 12% higher than the national average of $29,063.
Madonna does not offer an online option for its ASL bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Madonna Online Learning page.
Women made up around 93.8% of the ASL students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 87.1%.
Around 6.3% of ASL bachelor’s degree recipients at Madonna in 2019-2020 were awarded to 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 | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 15 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
American Sign Language students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| American Sign Language (ASL) | 1 |
| Sign Language Interpretation & Translation | 15 |
*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.
