2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $0-$30k) in Alaska

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Special Education is the 39th most popular major in the country with 33,249 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, special education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,879 and had an average of $28,500 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 61 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,325 and $26,561 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in special education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality special education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the special education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska master’s degree special ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $0-$30k) in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Southeast

Juneau, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$25,017 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$54,713 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Juneau, Alaska, this small public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s special ed students in 2019-2020.

UAS also made our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAS are $25,017.

Full University of Alaska Southeast Special Education Report

#2

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

$24,287 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized school located in Fairbanks, Alaska that handed out 2 masters’s special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

UAF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alaska Fairbanks are $24,287, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Special Education at University of Alaska Fairbanks

#3

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$24,496 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #3 spot on the list. Anchorage, Alaska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

UAA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAA are $24,496.

Full UAA Special Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $0-$30k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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