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2022 Best Value ASL Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
37 Degrees Awarded
$5,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ASL Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

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 “Best Value ASL Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

American Sign Language is the 197th most popular major in the country with 2,737 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, American Sign Language graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,270 and had an average of $21,733 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 103 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,000 and $21,500 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 37 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,469 and $14,548 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality American Sign Language programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the American Sign Language program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value ASL Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois associate degree asl students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for American Sign Language (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, Illinois

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value ASL Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Illinois College landed the #1 spot on the list. SWIC is a medium-sized public school situated in Belleville, Illinois. It awarded 16 associates’s ASL degrees in 2019-2020.

SWIC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best American Sign Language Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” list. It costs about $5,506 for Illinois Associate Degree ASL students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SWIC.

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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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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