2022 Best Value ASL Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

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 in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 Illinois, there were 103 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,000 and $21,500 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value ASL Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in American Sign Language. 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 in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ASL Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for American Sign Language in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$7,098 Average Net Price

$30,218 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value ASL Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Illinois College landed the #1 spot on the list. Southwestern Illinois College is a medium-sized school located in Belleville, Illinois that handed out 44 ’s ASL degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SWIC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best American Sign Language Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SWIC is $7,098 for illinois asl students with aid.

Read more about American Sign Language at Southwestern Illinois College

#2

Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$31,099 Average Net Price

$26,610 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value ASL Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 15 ’s ASL degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia also made our “Best American Sign Language Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Columbia College Chicago is $31,099 for Illinois ASL students with aid.

Read more about American Sign Language at Columbia College Chicago

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• Best Value Colleges for American Sign Language (With Aid)

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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