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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for American Sign Language in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
92 Degrees Awarded
$24,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 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 Getting Aid” 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree asl students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for American Sign Language in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Gallaudet University

Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gallaudet University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Gallaudet is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 28 bachelors’s ASL degrees in 2019-2020.

Gallaudet did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Gallaudet University is $14,595 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree ASL students with aid.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about American Sign Language at Gallaudet University

#2

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s ASL degrees to qualified students.

Bloomsburg also took the #4 spot in our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $20,230 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree ASL students with aid per year to attend Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.

Full Bloomsburg American Sign Language Report

#3

Keuka College

Keuka Park, New York

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Keuka College landed the #3 spot on the list. Keuka College is located in Keuka Park, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s ASL degrees to qualified students.

Keuka College also made our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Keuka College is $24,551 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree asl students with aid.

Read more about 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 #4 for the Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Rochester Institute of Technology is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 25 bachelors’s ASL degrees in 2019-2020.

RIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for RIT is $33,167 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree ASL students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Full Rochester Institute of Technology American Sign Language Report

#5

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rochester. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value ASL Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s ASL degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree asl students with aid list, University of Rochester has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Rochester is $29,522 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree ASL students with aid.

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. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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.

Read more about American Sign Language at University of Rochester

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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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