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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in Alaska” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2021-2022, 29,389 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States.

Across Alaska, there were 20 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,425 and $28,711 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in Alaska” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General 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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in Alaska. UAF is a public institution located in Fairbanks, Alaska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Education at UAF

2

University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau, Alaska

#3 overall quality in Alaska

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the #2 spot on the list. UAS is a small school located in Juneau, Alaska that handed out 0 masters’s general education degrees in 2021-2022.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.

Read full report on General Education at University of Alaska Southeast

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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