2023 Schools Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major in the Southeast Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Deaf Studies is the 728th most popular major in the country with 340 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 4 deaf studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region deaf studies students.
Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Deaf Studies in the Southeast Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Piedmont International University landed the #1 spot on the list. Piedmont International University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It awarded 4 ’s deaf studies degrees in 2021-2022.
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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Deaf Studies at Piedmont International University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Deaf Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. UT Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 0 ’s deaf studies degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Deaf Studies at UT Knoxville
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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