2023 Best Value American Sign Language Schools in the Southwest Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best American Sign Language School for You
American Sign Language is the #203 most popular major in the country with 2,724 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value American Sign Language Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for ASL students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in American Sign Language
Our 2023 rankings named Lamar University the best value school in the Southwest Region for American Sign Language students. Located in the city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Lamar University are $18,482 a year. While working on their degree, ASL majors at Lamar University accumulate an average of around $22,500 in student debt.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value American Sign Language Schools in the Southwest Region list. UH is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UH are $21,891 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UH is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best American Sign Language Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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The excellent programs at University of New Mexico - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best American Sign Language schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public school with a very large student population.
UNM undergraduate students pay an average of $25,243 in tuition and fees each year.
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Explore the best American Sign Language colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 166 |
| Arizona | 16 |
| Oklahoma | 26 |
| New Mexico | 17 |
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Majors Related to ASL
One of 17 majors within the area of study, American Sign Language has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Romance Languages | 15,009 |
| Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 8,539 |
| East Asian Languages | 2,293 |
| Classical Languages & Literature | 1,428 |
| Germanic Languages | 1,425 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.
- 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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