2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for American Sign Language (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality American Sign Language programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value ASL Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for American Sign Language (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$17,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s ASL degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Kate’s, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best American Sign Language Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at St Catherine University are $17,400, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on American Sign Language at St. Kate’s

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for American Sign Language (Income $30-$48k)

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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