When it comes to popularity, a bachelor's degree in american sign language sits in the middle of the road, ranking #199 out of 363 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best American Sign Language Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 51 bachelor's degrees in american sign language to qualified students.
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Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
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 - The number of american sign language students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
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 much debt american sign language students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
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 bachelor's degree.
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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in american sign language needs to take a look at Rochester Institute of Technology. RIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Rochester.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the asl program earn around $31,969 in their early career salary.
Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in american sign language needs to look into Keuka College. Keuka College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Keuka Park.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the asl program make around $30,294 in the first couple years of their career.
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).
