2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Education of the Deaf is the 790th most popular major in the country with 337 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 education of the deaf graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,735 and $124,256 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in education of the deaf. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their education of the deaf program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major”.
Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Education of the Deaf
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Gallaudet University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s deaf education students in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Education of the Deaf at Gallaudet
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar University landed the #2 spot on the list. Beaumont, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s deaf education degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Education of the Deaf at Lamar University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Teachers College at Columbia University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major list. This small school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s deaf education degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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
- *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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