American Sign Language at Utah Valley University

Every American Sign Language school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the ASL program at Utah Valley University stacks up to those at other schools.

UVU is located in Orem, Utah and has a total student population of 40,936. Of the 3,996 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Utah Valley University in 2021, 29 of them were American Sign Language majors.

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.

UVU American Sign Language Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ASL

UVU American Sign Language Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ASL major at UVU 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	30

Earnings of UVU ASL Graduates

The median salary of ASL students who receive their bachelor's degree at UVU is $28,368. This is less than $31,687, which is the national average of all ASL majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

ASL Student Demographics at UVU

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

UVU American Sign Language Bachelor’s Program

The ASL program at UVU awarded 29 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 14% of these degrees went to men with the other 86% going to women. The typical ASL bachelor's degree program is made up of only 11% men. So male students are more repesented at UVU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ASL at UVU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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• Romance Languages

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 UT, the home state for Utah Valley University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Interpreters and Translators	1,560	$43,830

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 uvuphotos under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.