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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Grade Specific Ed Major in Alaska for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Teacher Education Grade Specific is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 110,226 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Grade Specific Ed Major in Alaska for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in teacher education grade specific. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in teacher education grade specific.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Grade Specific Ed Major in Alaska for a Master’s

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

Top 2 Most Popular 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 Most Well Attended Grade Specific Ed Major in Alaska for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Juneau, Alaska, and it awarded 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.

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University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

#1 overall quality in Alaska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Grade Specific Ed Major in Alaska for a Master’s. UAA is a public institution located in Anchorage, Alaska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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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