2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Alaska
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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 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 41st most popular in the United States. In , general education graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $48,787 and had an average of $30,979 in loans still to pay off.
Across Alaska, there were 20 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,661 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.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Alaska” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general education. That schools that top this list have a program in general education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Alaska
The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska master’s degree education students.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Alaska
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, this medium-sized public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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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Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on 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 public school situated in Juneau, Alaska. It awarded 0 masters’s education degrees in 2021-2022.
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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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
- *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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