by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., University of Alaska Southeast landed the #772 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Alaska, UAS came in at #2.
The total graduate student population at UAS is made up of 75.8% women and 24.2% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 20.0% of the graduate student population at UAS. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 3.0% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $10,876 | $22,875 |
| Fees | $1,442 | $1,908 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at UAS is $60,104. That's about 3% higher than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Get more details about the location of University of Alaska Southeast.
Contact details for UAS are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 11066 Auke Lake Way, Juneau, AK 99801-8697 |
| Phone: | 877-465-4827 |
| Website: | www.uas.alaska.edu/ |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 89.6% of the graduate students at UAS took at least one online course. For that same period, 60.8% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 35 |
| Instructional Media Design | 5 |
| Public Administration | 29 |
| Special Education | 11 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 36 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 6 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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