by our College Data Analytics TeamAmerican Sign Language is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at Gallaudet University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in ASL, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Gallaudet paid an average of $1,010 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $18,180 | $18,180 |
| Fees | $526 | $526 |
The median early career salary of ASL students who receive their master’s degree from Gallaudet is $50,606 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $51,400.
Online degrees for the Gallaudet ASL master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Gallaudet Online Learning page.
Women made up around 62.5% of the ASL students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 69.6%.
Around 32.5% of ASL master’s degree recipients at Gallaudet in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 28%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 22 |
| International Students | 3 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 6 |
American Sign Language students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| American Sign Language (ASL) | 26 |
| Linguistics of ASL & Other Sign Languages | 6 |
| Sign Language Interpretation & Translation | 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.