College and Career Planning Resources

• College and Career Programs for Deaf Students 11th edition, online text.
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Directories, Lists, and Indexes

• College and Career Programs for Deaf Students in the US.  Searchable and indexed by state.
  
• Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center  Alphabetic list of elementary, middle, and high schools for deaf students in the United States that have websites.
  
• Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing weblinks to deaf/HH schools and universities in the US indexed by state.
  

• California State University Northridge  Located in Northridge, California, CSUN boasts the largest nationwide enrollment of students who are deaf and hard of hearing at a mainstream institution. CSUN was one of the first mainstream universities in the nation to admit people who are deaf and hard of hearing.  The National Center on Deafness, a landmark institution on the campus of CSUN, provides support services to the deaf and hard of hearing student population and continues to bridge the deaf and hearing communities. Today, more than 220 deaf and hard-of-hearing students attend CSUN and are mainstreamed into regular university classes.
  
• Gallaudet University, liberal arts college for the deaf, located in Washington, D.C.  Gallaudet is the world's only university that brings together deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing students as well as faculty in the common pursuit of education. The Gallaudet community lives by the tenets it explicitly states in its "Commitment to Sign Communication:  We have the right and responsibility to understand and be understood. Clear and well-paced visual communication is a requirement for this learning community. We will respect the sign language style of every individual and use whatever is necessary to communicate in a given situation.  We will be assertive and sincere in our efforts to attain sign language proficiency so we can communicate directly with each other."
• R.I.T. National Technical Institute for the Deaf  is the world’s first and largest technological college for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, located in Rochester, New York. NTID is one of eight colleges within Rochester Institute of Technology.  RIT is consistently ranked among top universities in U.S. News & World Report: America’s Best Colleges.  RIT/NTID provides excellent academic programs; outstanding access and support services; and diverse educational, social, and personal development opportunities for students.  Students can choose from more than 200 programs of study in fields such as Biotechnology, Information Technology, Professional and Technical Communication, Graphic Design, Photography, and more.
• Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf,  located in Big Spring, Texas, is the only self-contained community college for the deaf in the United States.  SWCID offers certificate and associate degree programs for deaf and hard of
  hearing students. The certificate programs include Data Entry Technology, Office Technology, Graphic Arts Technology, Building Trades, Dental Laboratory Technology, Paraprofessional for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing,
  and Automotive Maintenance Technician.  The Associate Degree programs offered at SWCID include Computer Information Systems, Business Transfer Program, Accounting, Drafting, General Studies, and Paraprofessional for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.  Students may attend nearby Howard College for Nursing, Cosmetology and other programs where interpreters are provided. Many students take classes at both the Howard College and SWCID campuses, and free shuttle transportation between campuses is provided.

• Alabama
  • Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (Talladega)
    Alabama School for the Deaf (Talladega)
    
• Arizona
  • Arizona School for the Deaf (Tucson)
  • Phoenix Day School for the Deaf (Phoenix)
    
• California
  • California School for the Deaf (Fremont)
  • California School for the Deaf (Riverside)
    
  • John Tracy Clinic (Los Angeles)
  • Oralingua School for the Hearing Impaired (Whittier)
• Colorado
  • Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (Colorado Springs)
  • Rocky Mountain Deaf School (Lakewood)
• Conneticut
  • American School for the Deaf (West Hartford)
• Delaware
  • Delaware School for the Deaf (Newark)
  • Sterck School (Margaret S. Sterck) (Newark)
    
• District of Columbia
  • Kendall Demonstration Elementary School (Washington, D.C.)
  • Model Secondary School for the Deaf (Washington, D.C.)
    
  • The River School (Washington, D.C.)
• Florida
  • Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (St. Augustine)
• Illinois
  • Illinois School for the Deaf (Jacksonville)
• Indiana
  • Indiana School for the Deaf
• Iowa
  • Iowa School for the Deaf (Council Bluffs)
• Kansas
  • Kansas School for the Deaf (Olathe)
• Kentucky
  • Kentucky School for the Deaf (Danville)
• Louisiana
  • Louisiana School for the Deaf (Baton Rouge)
• Maine
  • Governor Baxter School for the Deaf (Falmouth)
• Maryland
  • Maryland School for the Deaf (Columbia, Frederick)
  • Montgomery County Public Schools Programs for Students Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Rockville)
• Massachusets
  • Clarke School for the Deaf (Northampton. Satellite services in Canton, MA, Jacksonville, FL, New York City, NY, and Bryn Mawr, PA)
  • Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Allston)
    
  • The Learning Center for Deaf Children (Campuses in Framingham and Randolph)
  • Willie Ross School for the Deaf (Longmeadow)
    
• Michigan
  • Michigan School for the Deaf
• Minnesota
  • Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf (Faribault)
• Mississippi
  • Mississippi School For the Deaf
• Missouri
  • Central Institute for the Deaf (St. Louis)
  • Missouri School for the Deaf (Fulton)
  • St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf (St. Louis)
• New Jersey
  • Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf (Trenton)
  • Summit Speech School (New Providence)
• New York
  • Lexington School for the Deaf (Jackson Heights)
  • Mill Neck Manor School for Deaf Children (Mill Neck)
  • New York State School for the Deaf (Rome)
  • St. Francis de Sales School for the Deaf (Brooklyn)
    
  • St. Mary's School for the Deaf (Buffalo)
• North Carolina
  • North Carolina School for the Deaf
• Ohio
  • St. Rita School for the Deaf (Cincinnati)
• Oklahoma
  • Oklahoma School for the Deaf (Sulpher)
• Oregon
  • Oregon School for the Deaf (Salem)
• Pennsylvania
  • Scranton State School for the Deaf (Scranton)
  • Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (Pittsburgh)
• Rhode Island
  • Rhode Island School for the Deaf (Providence)
• South Dakota
  • South Dakota School for the Deaf
• Tennessee
  • Tennessee School for the Deaf (Knoxville)
• Texas
  • Regional Day School Program for the Deaf (Amarillo)
  • Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children (San Antonio)
  • Texas School for the Deaf (Austin)
• Utah
  • The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (Ogden, Salt Lake City)
• Vermont
  • The Austine School for the Deaf (Brattleboro)
• Virginia
  • Camelot Center (Annandale)
  • Fairfax County Public Schools Program for Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (Fairfax)
• Washington
  • Washington School for the Deaf
• Wisconsin
  • Wisconsin School for the Deaf (Delavan)
  

  Last updated April 28, 2005