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Basic Certificates in American Sign Language

736 Yearly Graduations
91% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 36% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 0.5% of ASL graduates were international students.

Education Levels of ASL Majors

In 2020-2021, 736 earned their basic certificate in ASL. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in ASL at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Associate Degree 1,008
Basic Certificate 736
Bachelor’s Degree 548
Undergraduate Certificate 317
Master’s Degree 112
Doctor’s Degree 3

Earnings of ASL Majors With Basic Certificates

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for ASL majors with their basic certificate due to lack of data.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to calculate the median and range of debt loads for ASL students who are basic certificate holders.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in ASL. About 91.0% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 66
Women 670
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The racial-ethnic distribution of ASL basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 14
Black or African American 47
Hispanic or Latino 168
White 456
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 47
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to ASL that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Romance Languages 900
Linguistics & Literature 776
East Asian Languages 287
Germanic Languages 170
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References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

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