2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in Alaska

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in Alaska” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 110,226 teacher education grade specific students received their degree, making the major the 6th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, teacher education grade specific graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,970 and had an average of $24,228 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 147 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,150 and $21,900 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 47 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,425 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in Alaska” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in teacher education grade specific. That schools that top this list have a program in teacher education grade specific in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in Alaska

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska master’s degree grade specific ed students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in Alaska

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University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau, Alaska

#3 overall quality in Alaska

$49,402 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Alaska Southeast is a small school located in Juneau, Alaska that handed out 36 masters’s grade specific ed 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.

Read more about Teacher Education Grade Specific at University of Alaska Southeast

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University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

#1 overall quality in Alaska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in Alaska list. University of Alaska Anchorage is located in Anchorage, Alaska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s grade specific ed degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in the Far Western US Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific

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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