WASHINGTON D.C. (DC): Located in the heart of D.C., Gallaudet University offers interpreting training programs at B.S., M.A., and Ph.D. levels, and remains one of the nation’s leaders for research and industry standards for interpreting. The program has been standing since the 1970s.

ALABAMA (AL): Troy University, an hour away from Montgomery, AL, offers a 4-year B.S. degree program in Interpreting Training. You can also minor in ASL and grow your skills through their master Mentor program.

ARKANSAS (AR): The University of Arkansas at Little Rock, in the heart of the state, offers a 4-year B.A. degree program in Interpretation: ASL/English, and a 2-year A.S. degree program in American Sign Language Studies.

ARIZONA (AZ): Located in Flagstaff, AZ, two hours north of Phoenix, Coconino Community College offers a 2-year A.S. degree program in ASL Interpreting. *

AZ: Phoenix College, under Maricopa Community College, offers a 2-year A.S. degree program in Interpreter Preparation, and also offers a certificate program in Deaf Studies. *

AZ: This Interpreter Preparation program offers an emphasis on Educational Interpreting/ASL Interpreting. That program aims to design to address this shortage in interpreting that affects the elementary and secondary schools most severely. In 2019, the U.S. Department of Education awarded this program a $1.25 million grant to support qualified students to fulfill their degrees with full tuition and stipend money. *

CALIFORNIA (CA): American River College, located in Sacramento, offers a 2-year A.A. degree program in ASL-English Interpreter Preparation. *

CA: Antelope Valley College, north of Los Angeles, offers a 2-year A.S. degree program in Deaf Studies, including interpreting training in the classroom, providing an immersive experience for emerging interpreters. *

CA: California State University - Northridge, located in Los Angeles, offers a 4-year B.S. degree program in Deaf Studies, as well as a concentration of ASL/English Interpreting. The program officially went into operation in 1983.

CA: College of the Canyons, north of Los Angeles, offers a 2-year A.A. degree program in American Sign Language Interpreting. They also provide a Certificate of Specialization: Deaf-Blind Support Service Provider. *

CA: Golden West College, south of Los Angeles, offers two different 2-year programs: A.A. in American Sign Language Interpreting and A.A. in World Language. The program also offers a Certificate of Achievement in American Sign Language Interpreting. *

CA: Pierce College offers a 2-year A.A. degree program in ASL Interpreting. *

CA: Mt. San Jacinto College, located between Los Angeles and San Diego, offers a 2-year A.S. degree program in Interpreter Preparation. They also offer a certificate program in Interpreter Preparation. *

CA: Ohlone College, located between Oakland and San Jose, offers a 2-year A.A. degree program in ASL-English Interpreter Preparation. They also offer a Certificate of Achievement program in ASL-English Interpreter Preparation.

CA: Palomar College, founded in 1985, and not far from San Diego, offers a 2-year A.S. degree program in ASL-English Translation & Interpreting Studies. The program also offers concentrations in Deaf Studies and American Sign Language studies.

CA: Riverside City College, offers a 2-year A.S. degree program in Sign Language Interpreting. *

CA: San Diego Mesa College offers two 2-year degree programs. One is A.A. in ASL/English Interpretation Program, the other one is A.A. in American Sign Language Studies. *

COLORADO (CO): The University of Northern Colorado, an hour north of Denver, offers a 4-year B.A. program in American Sign Language-English Interpretation. This program was founded in 2005.

CONNECTICUT (CT): Northwestern Connecticut Community College, a 45-minute drive from Hartford, offers a 2-year A.S. degree program in American Sign Language/English Interpreting. Sign language was first taught there in 1977, leading to the establishment of an interpreting training program in 1988.

FLORIDA (FL): Florida State College in Jacksonville, at their south campus, offers a 2-year A.S. degree program in ASL/English Interpreting. *

FL: Miami Dade College, in the heart of Miami, Florida, offers a 2-year A.S. degree program in ASL-English Interpreting. *

FL: The University of North Florida, located in Jacksonville, offers a 4-year B.S. degree program in Community Interpreting. Beyond that, they also offer M.S. degree programs in General Practitioner and Interpreting Pedagogy. *

FL: The University of South Florida, located in Tampa, offers a 4-year B.A. degree program in ASL Interpreting & Deaf Studies. Additionally, the university also offers a Deaf Studies minor. *

FL: Valencia College, located in Orlando, offers a 2-year A.A. degree program in Sign Language Interpretation. *

GEORGIA (GA): Georgia State University, located in Atlanta, offers a 4-year B.A. degree program in Sign Language Interpreting, under the College of Education & Human Development. *

GA: Valdosta State University, an hour and a half between Jacksonville and Tallahassee, FL, offers a 4-year B.S. degree program in Education American Sign Language/English Interpreting.

IDAHO (ID): Idaho State University, located next to Boise, offers two different degree programs, a 2-year A.S. in Sign Language Studies and a 4-year B.S. in Sign Language Interpreting.

IOWA (IA): Scott Community College, located in eastern Iowa, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in American Sign Language/English Interpreting. They also offer a certificate program in Deaf Studies.

ILLINOIS (IL): College of DuPage, located in the suburbs of Chicago, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in American Sign Language Interpreting. They also offer certificate programs for American Sign Language and American Sign Language Interpreting. *

IL: Columbia College Chicago offers two different 4-year B.A. degree programs, one in ASL-English Interpretation, and the other in Deaf Studies. They also offer ASL Studies as a minor.

IL: Illinois Central College, at their East Peoria Campus, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Interpreter Preparation. They also offer a Certificate of Completion for Interpreter Preparation. *

IL: John A. Logan College, a couple of hours away from St. Louis, Missouri, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Interpreter Preparation. *

IL: Moraine Valley Community College, located in the suburbs of Chicago, offers a 2-year certificate program in Sign Language Interpretation. *

IL: Waubonsee Community College, located in the suburbs of Chicago, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Interpreter Training. The program was been established in 1975. *

INDIANA (IN): Bethel University, a couple of hours away from Chicago, offers a 4-year B.A. degree program in Sign Language Interpreting. *

IN: Goshen College, a bit over one hour from Fort Wayne, offers a 4-year B.S. degree program in Sign Language Interpreting and Deaf Studies, as well as an American Sign Language minor.

IN: Indiana University, located in Indianapolis, offers a 4-year B.S. degree program in American Sign Language/English Interpreting. *

KANSAS (KS): Nearby to KU Edwards Campus, Johnson County Community College offers a certificate program in American Sign Language Studies. *

KS: Kansas University - Edward, thirty minutes away from Kansas City, offers a 4-year B.A. and B.G.S. degree programs in American Sign Language and Deaf Studies. Johnson County Community College (JCCC) and KUEC (KU Edwards Campus have been united together for thirty years to quip the workforce with in-demand skills. *

KENTUCKY (KY): Eastern Kentucky University - Richmond Campus, thirty minutes away from Lexington, offers a 4-year B.S. degree program in ASL & English Interpretation. Also, one can take American Sign Language as their minor there. *

KY: the University of Louisville offers a 4-year B.S. degree program in American Sign Language and Interpreting Studies (ASLIS), under the Department of Classical and Modern Languages. *

LOUISIANA (LA): Delgado Community College, located in New Orleans, offers a 2-year A.A. degree program in American Sign Language Interpreting. *

MASSACHUSETTS (MA): Framingham State University, thirty minutes from Boston, offers a 4-year B.S. degree program in American Sign Language, with an option of a concentration in ASL/English Interpreting. *

MA: Northeastern University, located in the heart of Boston, offers a 4-year B.S. degree program in American Sign Language-English Interpreting, which is also available as a minor. They also have various "combined majors" for American Sign Language. *

MA: Northern Essex Community College, forty minutes away from Boston, offers a 2-year A.A. degree program in American Sign Language Studies, along with three concentrations to choose from: American Sign Language, Human Services, and Interpreting Transfer. They also offer a Sign Language Interpreting Certificate program. *

MARYLAND (MD): Community College of Baltimore County, in Catonsville, offers a 2-year A.A.S degree program in Interpreter Preparation.

MAINE (ME): The University of Southern Maine, located in Portland, offers a 4-year B.A. degree program in ASL/Interpreting as a concentration within the Linguistics major. *

MI: Madonna University, thirty minutes away from Detroit, offers a 4-year B.A. degree program in Sign Language Interpreting. They also offer American Sign Language as a minor. *

MI: Mott Community College, located in Flint, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Sign Language Interpreter Education. *

MI: Oakland Community College, forty-five minutes away from Detroit, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Sign Language Interpreting. *

MINNESOTA (MN): North Central University, located in Minneapolis, offers a major in American Sign Language Interpreting. They are the only fully self-contained interpreter training degree program among the Assemblies of God colleges. *

MN: Saint Paul College offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Sign Language Interpreter/Transliterator. *

MN: St. Catherine University, located in St Paul, Missouri, offers a B.A. degree program in Interpreting, under School of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences. *

MISSOURI (MO): St. Louis Community College offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Deaf Communication Studies: Interpreter Education.

MO: William Woods University, located in Fulton, an hour and a half from St. Louis, offers a 4-year B.S./B.A. degree program in Interpretation Studies in ASL-English. *

MISSISSIPPI (MS): Hinds Community College, twenty minutes outside Jackson, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Interpreting Training Technology and has been in operation since the 1990s.

MS: Hinds Community College, twenty minutes outside Jackson, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Interpreting Training Technology, and has been in operation since the 1990s. *

NORTH CAROLINA (NC): Blue Ridge Community College, a couple of hours away from Charlotte, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Interpreter Education. *

NC: Carolina University, located in Winston-Salem, offers a 4-year B.S. degree program in Deaf Studies, consisting of instruction and vocational training in American Sign Language and English interpreting. *

NC: Central Piedmont Community College, located in Charlotte, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Interpreter Education.

NC: Gardner-Webb University, an hour from Charlotte, offers a 4-year B.A. degree program in American Sign Language, along with an Interpreting minor. Non-American Sign Language majors can also choose American Sign Language as a minor area of concentration. *

NC: UNC Greensboro offers a 4-year B.S. degree program, majoring in Professions in Deafness, along with a concentration in Interpreter Preparation. *

NC: Wilson Community College, an hour away from Raleigh, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Interpreter Education. *

NEBRASKA (NE): The University of Nebraska, in the state's capital city of Omaha, offers a 4-year B.A. degree program in Sign Language Interpreting. *

NEW HAMPSHIRE (NH): The University of New Hampshire at Manchester offers a 4-year B.S. degree program in ASL/English Interpreting. The program was founded in 1978 at Merrimack Valley College as an AA degree program and later moved to the UNH-Manchester in the 1980s. The program eventually offered B.S. degrees in 1990 and became the first in New England and one of the few four-year degree programs in the country.

NEW JERSEY (NJ): Camden County College, near Philadelphia, offers a certificate program in ASL and English Interpreting. Students are required to have an associate-level, or higher degree, in order to enroll in the program. *

NJ: Ocean County College, an hour and a half south of NYC, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in American Sign Language-English Interpreting. *

NEW MEXICO (NM): The University of New Mexico, located in Albuquerque, offers a 4-year B.S. degree program in Signed Language Interpreting.

NEVADA (NV): Community College of Southern Nevada, located in Las Vegas, offers a 4-year B.A.S. degree program in Deaf Studies: American Sign Language/English Interpreting. They also offer 2-year A.A.S. degree programs in Deaf Studies and Deaf Studies: Interpreter Preparation. *

NEW YORK (NY): In operation since 1967, the Helen Keller National Center provides a Certificate program in Haptic Training for DeafBlind clients. *

NY: Keuka College, located between Rochester and Syracuse, offers a 4-year B.S. degree program in ASL-English Interpreting. *

NY: LaGuardia Community College, nearby to NYC, offers the ASL-English Interpretation Program (AEIP), a Bachelor’s level program, in collaboration with senior institution SUNY/Empire State College. AEIP is a rigorous two-year academic program that prepares selected individuals who are fluent in ASL to become ASL-English interpreters, with a special focus on interpreting in educational settings. *

NY: National Technology Institute for the Deaf, located in Rochester, offers a 4-year B.S. degree program in ASL-English Interpretation. They also offer an M.S. in Health Care Interpretation. The program's founding year was in the 1970s with a training program at first, which then turned into a bachelor's program.

OHIO (OH): Cincinnati State Technical and Community College offers a 2-year A.A. degree program in Interpreter Training.

OH: Columbus State Community College offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Interpreter Education. They also offer a certificate program in American Sign Language and Deaf Studies. *

OH: Cuyahoga Community College, at their Western Campus located in Cleveland, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in American Sign Language. *

OH: Kent State University, under an hour away from Cleveland, offers a 4-year B.S. degree program in ASL/English Interpreting. This program was established in 2000.

OH: Sinclair Community College, located in Dayton, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Interpreter Education.

OH: Wright State University, near Dayton, offers a 4-year B.S. degree program in Sign Language Interpreting. The same department offers Deaf Studies and other minors such as Disability Studies, Rehabilitation Services, and Veteran Services for their students. *

OKLAHOMA (OK): Oklahoma State University, located in Oklahoma City, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Sign Language Interpretation. *

OREGON (OR): Portland Community College offers a two-year A.A. degree program in ASL/English Interpreting. *

OR: Western Oregon University, an hour away from Portland, offers a 4-year B.A. degree program in Interpreting Studies, as well as an M.A. degree program in Interpreting Studies. Students have the option of participating in the 4 +1 Acceleration program. Additionally, the DeafBlind Interpreting National Training & Resource Center is housed at Western Oregon University. *

PENNSYLVANIA (PA): Allegheny College, located in Pittsburgh, offers Interpreting Training. Community College of Allegheny County has developed a new, 175 hour intensified program of interpreter preparation. This is ideal for individuals who have intermediate level ASL skills, and who already possess a degree (associates or above) in any field.*

SOUTH DAKOTA (SD): Augustana University, two and a half hours away from Omaha, Nebraska, offers a 4-year B.A. degree program in Sign Language Interpreting. *

TENNESSEE (TN): Maryville College, near Knoxville, offers a 4-year B.S. degree program in American Sign Language-English Interpreting.

TN: University of Tennessee - Knoxville offers a 4-year B.A. degree program in Deaf Studies, along with a concentration in American Sign Language Education. *

TEXAS (TX): Austin Community College offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Interpreting Training. An American Sign Language Studies (Level 1) Certificate is also offered. *

TX: Collin College, at their Spring Creek Campus, north of Dallas, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Interpreter Education. A Certificate in ASL Studies is also available at this campus.

TX: Del Mar College, a couple of hours away from San Antonio, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Interpretation Preparation. They also offer A.A.S. degree programs for American Sign Language and Deaf Studies, as well a certification program in Deaf Studies. *

TX: McLennan Community College, located in San Antonio, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Sign Language Interpreting. This program also offers a year-completed certificate in Studies in Deafness.

TX: San Antonio College offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in American Sign Language: Sign Language Interpreter. There are "Enhanced Certificate" programs in Educational Interpreting and Specialized Interpreting for students who have completed the A.A.S. degree program. *

TX: Tarrant County College, at their Trinity River Campus located in Fort Worth, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Sign Language Interpreting. There are also several certificates available, such as Basic ASL Acquisition, Sign Language Communicator, Educational Sign Language Interpreting, and Conversational Sign Language for Healthcare Workers.

TX: Texas Tech University, located in Lubbock, offers a 4-year B.A. degree program in ASL/English Interpretation. They partner with McLennan for A.A.S. graduates to transfer into the TTU's program.

TX: Tyler Junior College, a couple of hours away from the Dallas-Fort Worth Area, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in Sign Language Interpreting. There are various certificates available, including healthcare and legal interpreting. *

TX: the University of Houston offers a 4-year B.A. degree program in American Sign Language Interpreting (ASLI).

UTAH (UT): Salt Lake City Community College offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in ASL/English Interpreting.

UT: Utah Valley University, over thirty minutes away from Salt Lake City, offers a 4-year B.A. degree program in Deaf Studies, with an emphasis on Interpreting. *

VIRGINIA (VA): Reynolds Community College - Parham Road Campus, located in Richmond, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in American Sign Language-English Interpretation. *

VA: Liberty University, a couple of hours away from Richmond, offers a 4-year B.A. degree program in American Sign Language & Interpreting. *

VA: Northern Virginia Community College, at their Annandale Campus, a half-hour away from Washington D.C., offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in ASL - English Interpretation. There are also various certificate programs available there. *

VA: Tidewater Community College, at their Chesapeake Campus located in Norfolk, offers a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in American Sign Language-English Interpretation. *

WASHINGTON (WA): The Spokane Falls Community College offers the perks of living in Washington while providing a 2-year A.A.S. degree program for emerging interpreters. *

WISCONSIN (WI): Located an hour and a half away from Green Bay, Wisconsin, Northcentral Technical College provides Associate's Degrees for students seeking to study Sign Language Interpreting in Education. *

WI: Located in Milwaukee, one of the largest cities in Wisconsin, this university provides a 4-year B.S. degree program for students pursuing ASL/English Interpretation as their career. *

WEST VIRGINIA (WV): This program at Bridge Valley Community & Technical College in West Virginia provides a 2-year A.A.S. degree program for students eager in improving their American Sign Language interpretation skills. *

WV: Founded in 1996, and nearby the West Virginia School for the Deaf in Romney, VA, this program at Pierpont Community & Technical College provides a 2-year A.A.S. degree program in American Sign Language and Interpretation Education.