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

3 Ranked Colleges
79 Degrees Awarded
$21,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Plains States region, there were 186 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,600 and $20,394 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 79 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 3 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the American Sign Language program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree asl students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for American Sign Language (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Catherine University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. St. Kate’s is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s ASL degrees to qualified students.

St. Kate’s also made our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for St Catherine University is $17,569 for plains states region bachelor’s degree asl students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about American Sign Language at St Catherine University

#2

Augustana University

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Augustana University landed the #2 spot on the list. Augustana Sioux Falls is a small school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that handed out 14 bachelors’s ASL degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree asl students whose families make $30-$48k list, Augustana Sioux Falls has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Augustana Sioux Falls is $20,524 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree ASL students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about American Sign Language at Augustana Sioux Falls

#3

William Woods University

Fulton, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend William Woods University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. William Woods University is located in Fulton, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 42 bachelors’s ASL degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at William Woods, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend William Woods is $26,790 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree ASL students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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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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