American Sign Language
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Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of American Sign Language degree recipients are Washington, DC, Lancaster, CA, and Eau Claire, WI. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of American Sign Language degree recipients are Fulton, MO, Monmouth, OR, and Goshen, IN. The most common degree awarded to students studying American Sign Language is a associates degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in American Sign Language and the types of students that study this field. Gallaudet University awards the most degrees in American Sign Language in the US, having also the highest percentage of degrees awarded in American Sign Language, followed by William Woods University.
Tuition costs for American Sign Language majors are, on average, $6,116 for in-state public colleges, and $31,480 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers American Sign Language programs are Public, 2-year institutions (126 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (1,256 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in American Sign Language, is Public, 2-year (1,256 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer American Sign Language programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Gallaudet University has the most American Sign Language degree recipients, with 94 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in American Sign Language.
Out of all institutions that offer American Sign Language programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Gallaudet University has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in American Sign Language, with 23.4%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in American Sign Language by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for American Sign Language.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Language & Linguistics graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Language & Linguistics majors is $85,179 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Postsecondary teachers, and Secondary school teachers.
The industry that employs the most Language & Linguistics majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Sound recording industries.
The average salary for Language & Linguistics majors is $85,179 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Postsecondary teachers, and Secondary school teachers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Language & Linguistics majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Language & Linguistics majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Language & Linguistics majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Language & Linguistics majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers, Postsecondary teachers, and Secondary school teachers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Language & Linguistics majors working as Interpreters and translators, Librarians and media collections specialists, and Proofreaders & copy markers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Language & Linguistics majors are Surgeons, Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists, and Sales engineers.
The number of Language & Linguistics graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 1.62%, from 501,045 in 2021 to 509,182 in 2022.
The largest single share of Language & Linguistics graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (6.95%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Language & Linguistics by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Language & Linguistics majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals.
The highest paying industries of Language & Linguistics majors, by average wage, are Sound recording industries, Support activities for mining, and Soap, cleaning compound, & cosmetics manufacturing .
The number of Language & Linguistics graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 1.62%, from 501,045 in 2021 to 509,182 in 2022.
The industry which employs the most Language & Linguistics graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Language & Linguistics.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Language & Linguistics majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Language & Linguistics majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Language & Linguistics in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Language & Linguistics is 44.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Associates Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Language & Linguistics degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Language & Linguistics (1,593 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Language & Linguistics. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 32 years old, which represent 3.14% and 3.12% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in American Sign Language are Associates Degree, Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years, and Bachelors Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Language & Linguistics are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in American Sign Language.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in American Sign Language for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Associates Degree recipients in American Sign Language.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Belgium that hold Language & Linguistics degrees (9.03 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (10,126 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the American Sign Language field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. American Sign Language majors need many skills, but most especially Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that American Sign Language majors need more than the average amount of Active Listening, Speaking, and Monitoring.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for American Sign Language majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Active Listening is very distinctive for majors, but the Active Listening, Speaking, and Reading Comprehension are the three most important skills for people in the field.
