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2025 Best American Sign Language Schools in the Great Lakes Region

3 Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
457 ASL Degrees Awarded
$35,837 Avg Early-Career Salary
American Sign Language is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #199 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best American Sign Language Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 457 degrees in american sign language to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great American Sign Language School

Best American Sign Language Schools in the Great Lakes Region The asl program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for American Sign Language rankings. We derive our Best Overall American Sign Language School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

American Sign Language Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in ASL
Bachelor's Degrees in ASL

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 Best American Sign Language Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for American Sign Language in the Great Lakes Region

The schools below may not offer all types of asl degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools in ASL

1
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$33,929 Median Starting Salary

Kent State University at Kent is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in american sign language. Kent State is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Kent. A Best Colleges rank of #250 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Kent State is a great university overall.

There were roughly 14 american sign language students who graduated with this degree at Kent State in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the asl program earn around $33,929 for their early career.

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2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$42,890 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in american sign language needs to look into Siena Heights University. Siena Heights University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Adrian. This university ranks 23rd out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.

There were roughly 12 american sign language students who graduated with this degree at Siena Heights University in the most recent year we have data available. American Sign Language degree recipients from Siena Heights University get an earnings boost of around $7,054 over the average earnings of american sign language graduates.

More information about a degree in american sign language from Siena Heights University

3
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MI
42 ASL Degrees Awarded

Every student who is interested in american sign language has to take a look at Lansing Community College. LCC is a moderately-sized public college located in the medium-sized city of Lansing. This college ranks 26th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.

There were about 42 american sign language students who graduated with this degree at LCC in the most recent data year.

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Best American Sign Language Colleges by State

Explore the best american sign language colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Michigan 322 85
Ohio 314 66
Illinois 304 63
Indiana 294 35
Wisconsin 273 1

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One of 18 majors within the Foreign Languages & Linguistics area of study, American Sign Language has other similar majors worth exploring.

ASL Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Sign Language Interpretation & Translation 322
American Sign Language (ASL) 135

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Romance Languages 2,297
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 772
East Asian Languages 384
Germanic Languages 299
Classical Languages & Literature 252
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 134
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 96
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 81
Second Language Learning 15
Southeast Asian & Pacific Languages 9

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