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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.
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| 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
most degrees awarded
of Sign Language Interpretation and Translation among the 2006-2007
graduating class.
|  | William Woods University
Fulton, MO | 22
(9.1%) |  |  |
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| | Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg, PA | 22
(1.5%) |  |  |
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| | Western Oregon University
Monmouth, OR | 21
(2.9%) |  | |
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| | University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM | 17
(0.6%) | | |
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| | Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID | 16
(1.4%) |  | |
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| | Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY | 15
(0.8%) | | |
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| | Gardner-Webb University
Boiling Springs, NC | 12
(1.9%) | | |
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| | College of St Catherine
Saint Paul, MN | 11
(2.2%) | |  |
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| | Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL | 9
(0.5%) | | |
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| | Bethel College
Mishawaka, IN | 8
(2.2%) | | |
* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.
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