2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Alaska

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Alaska” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 29,810 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,719 and had an average of $23,394 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 26 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,661 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,425 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Alaska” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Alaska

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Alaska”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Alaska

1

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 overall quality in Alaska

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, this medium-sized public school awarded 26 degrees to qualified masters’s education students in 2020-2021.

Full University of Alaska Fairbanks General Education Report

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University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau, Alaska

#3 overall quality in Alaska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Southeast. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Alaska list. University of Alaska Southeast is a small public school situated in Juneau, Alaska. It awarded 0 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full University of Alaska Southeast General Education Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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