American Sign Language at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying American Sign Language, you may want to check out the program at Rochester Institute of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 16,158 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received their master's degree in ASL.

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.

RIT American Sign Language Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in ASL

RIT American Sign Language Rankings

ASL Student Demographics at RIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ASL majors at Rochester Institute of Technology.

RIT American Sign Language Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students graduated with a master's degree in ASL from RIT. About 17% were men and 83% were women.

Of the students who received a ASL master's degree from RIT, 67% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the ASL master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a master's in ASL.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 NY, the home state for Rochester Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Professors	6,440	$112,000
Interpreters and Translators	3,300	$68,940

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 Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.