A program that prepares individuals to function as simultaneous interpreters of American Sign Language (ASL) and other sign language systems employed to assist the hearing impaired, both one-way and two-way. Includes instruction in American Sign Language (ASL), alternative sign languages, finger spelling, vocabulary and expressive nuances, oral and physical translation skills, cross-cultural communications, slang and colloquialisms, and technical interpretation.
| A major in Sign Language Interpretation and Translation is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 21
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation among the 2006-2007
graduating class.
|  | William Woods University Fulton, MO | 22 (9.1%) |  |  | |
|  | MacMurray College Jacksonville, IL | 7 (5.6%) |  |  | |
|  | Tennessee Temple University Chattanooga, TN | 3 (4.5%) | |  | |
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|  | Mount Aloysius College Cresson, PA | 5 (3.4%) |  |  | |
|  | Western Oregon University Monmouth, OR | 21 (2.9%) |  |  | |
|  | University of New Hampshire at Manchester Manchester, NH | 4 (2.5%) | |  | |
|  | Bethel College Mishawaka, IN | 8 (2.2%) |  |  | |
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|  | College of St Catherine Saint Paul, MN | 11 (2.2%) |  |  | |
|  | Gardner-Webb University Boiling Springs, NC | 12 (1.9%) |  |  | |
|  | Quincy University Quincy, IL | 4 (1.7%) |  |  | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.