American Sign Language at Northeastern University

If you are interested in studying American Sign Language, you may want to check out the program at Northeastern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 22,905 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in ASL from Northeastern.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in American Sign Language section at the bottom of this page.

Northeastern American Sign Language Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ASL

Northeastern American Sign Language Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ASL progam at Northeastern compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ASL major at Northeastern is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for American Sign Language. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38

ASL Student Demographics at Northeastern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ASL majors at Northeastern University.

Northeastern American Sign Language Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 ASL majors earned their bachelor's degree from Northeastern. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ASL bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northeastern University with a bachelor's in ASL.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Northeastern also has a doctoral program available in ASL. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Romance Languages
• Linguistics & Comparative Literature

Careers That ASL Grads May Go Into

A degree in ASL can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Northeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Interpreters and Translators	2,140	$55,600

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By (User:Piotrus) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.