2025 Best American Sign Language Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
2Colleges in the Southwest Region
130Associate Degrees
American Sign Language is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #88 most popular associate degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for american sign language students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 130 associate degrees in american sign language during the 2022-2023 academic year.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on american sign language students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other american sign language students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for american sign language to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized american sign language related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for american sign language students working on their associate degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best American Sign Language Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study American Sign Language in the Southwest Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in american sign language.
Top Southwest Region Schools for an Associate in ASL
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).