2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 340 people earned their degree in deaf studies, making the major the 728th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 261 deaf studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,724 and $23,030 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in deaf studies. That schools that top this list have a program in deaf studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree deaf studies students.
Top 12 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Deaf Studies
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gallaudet University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s deaf studies students in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 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 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Gallaudet University Deaf Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Piedmont International University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major list. Piedmont International University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s deaf studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Piedmont International University Deaf Studies Report
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Valley Forge landed the #3 spot on the list. Phoenixville, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s deaf studies degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UVF Deaf Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Northridge. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major list. Located in Northridge, California, this large public school awarded 128 degrees to qualified bachelors’s deaf studies students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full California State University - Northridge Deaf Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nevada State College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major. This medium-sized school is located in Henderson, Nevada, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s deaf studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Deaf Studies at Nevada State College
With a ranking of #6, California State University - Long Beach did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major list. This large school is located in Long Beach, California, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s deaf studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Deaf Studies at CSULB
California State University - Sacramento came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major ranking. Sac State is a large school located in Sacramento, California that handed out 23 bachelors’s deaf studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Deaf Studies at California State University - Sacramento
Towson University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major ranking. Located in Towson, Maryland, this fairly large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s deaf studies students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Deaf Studies at Towson
Columbia College Chicago came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major ranking. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s deaf studies degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Deaf Studies at Columbia
College of Southern Nevada ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major list. CSN is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s deaf studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full CSN Deaf Studies Report
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major ranking. UT Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 0 bachelors’s deaf studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full UT Knoxville Deaf Studies Report
With a ranking of #12, College of the Holy Cross did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s deaf studies students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full College of the Holy Cross Deaf Studies Report
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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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