by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended ASL Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 2,724 people earned their degree in American Sign Language, making the major the 199th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, American Sign Language graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,250 and had an average of $24,208 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 357 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,437 and $26,875 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 52 American Sign Language graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended ASL Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in American Sign Language. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular American Sign Language programs in the United States.
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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 “Most Well Attended ASL Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree asl students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gallaudet University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended ASL Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s. Gallaudet University is a small school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 46 masters’s ASL degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended ASL Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s list. RIT is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rochester, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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