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2022 Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
92 Degrees Awarded
$18,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 2,737 people earned their degree in American Sign Language, making the major the 197th most popular in the United States. 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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 319 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,400 and $26,507 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 92 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in American Sign Language. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent American Sign Language programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the American Sign Language program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for American Sign Language (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Gallaudet University

Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Gallaudet University landed the #1 spot on the list. Gallaudet University is a small school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 28 bachelors’s ASL degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Gallaudet, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Gallaudet University is $11,205 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree ASL students whose families make $30-$48k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about American Sign Language at Gallaudet

#2

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rochester. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ASL students in 2019-2020.

University of Rochester did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $14,508 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree asl students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Rochester.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Rochester American Sign Language Report

#3

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ASL degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Bloomsburg did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is $16,232 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree ASL students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on American Sign Language at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

#4

Keuka College

Keuka Park, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Keuka College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Keuka College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Keuka Park, New York. It awarded 12 bachelors’s ASL degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Keuka College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $21,831 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree ASL students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Keuka College.

Read full report on American Sign Language at Keuka College

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rochester Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This fairly large school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s ASL degrees in 2019-2020.

RIT also made our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Rochester Institute of Technology is $27,289 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree ASL students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full Rochester Institute of Technology American Sign Language 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

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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