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 analysis found Lamar University to be the best value school for American Sign Language students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public school 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 join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value American Sign Language Schools in the Southwest Region list. UH is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UH are $21,891 per year.
UH also claimed a spot on our Best American Sign Language Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value American Sign Language Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNM are $25,243 per year.
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Request InformationBest American Sign Language Colleges by State
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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