2023 Most Veteran Friendly for ASL for a Master’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for ASL for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
American Sign Language is the 199th most popular major in the country with 2,724 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for ASL for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 4 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 offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the American Sign Language program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for ASL for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree vets studying asl.
Top 4 Best American Sign Language Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Oregon University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for ASL for a Master’s list. Monmouth, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ASL degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
Western Oregon State College also made our “Best American Sign Language Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3.According to our most recent data, Western Oregon University supports 4,554 students, and 187 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 89 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,651. To help with additional expenses, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Western Oregon University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Western Oregon University]](/colleges/western-oregon-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for ASL for a Master’s list. Jacksonville, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ASL degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying asl list, UNF has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best American Sign Language Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of North Florida supports 16,926 students, and 1,067 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 616 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,959. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of North Florida]](/colleges/university-of-north-florida/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for ASL for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Gallaudet University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 46 masters’s ASL degrees in 2020-2021.
Gallaudet not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best American Sign Language Master’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 1,451 students enrolled at Gallaudet University, 22 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,773. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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.
Full Gallaudet Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Catherine University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly for ASL for a Master’s. St Catherine University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 12 masters’s ASL degrees in 2020-2021.
St. Kate’s not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best American Sign Language Master’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 4,277 students enrolled at St Catherine University, 55 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 26 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,157. During this same period, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full St Catherine University Veteran Student Life Report
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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