2024 Best American Sign Language Schools in the Southwest Region
3Colleges in the Southwest Region
456ASL Degrees Awarded
$37,816Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, american sign language sits in the middle of the road, ranking #199 out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best American Sign Language Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 456 degrees in american sign language to qualified students.
Your choice of american sign language school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall American Sign Language School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The asl school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best American Sign Language Schools in the Southwest Region.
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Best Schools for American Sign Language in the Southwest Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the asl degrees they offer, see the list below.
Lamar University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in american sign language. Located in the midsize city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 26th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 15 american sign language students who graduated with this degree at Lamar University in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the asl program make an average of $37,816 in their early career salary.
University of Houston is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in american sign language. UH is a very large public university located in the city of Houston. A Best Colleges rank of #211 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UH is a great university overall.
There were approximately 12 american sign language students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat University of New Mexico - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in american sign language. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 23 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were roughly 14 american sign language students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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