Education is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #4 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Education Schools in Alaska ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 304 degrees in education to qualified students.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Education Schools in Alaska list to help you make the college decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the education degree levels they offer.
University of Alaska Southeast is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in education. UAS is a small public university located in the rural area of Juneau.
Education degree recipients from University of Alaska Southeast receive an earnings boost of about $13,770 over the typical earnings of education majors.
Any student pursuing a degree in education has to take a look at University of Alaska Fairbanks. Located in the small city of Fairbanks, UAF is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
Students who receive their degree from the education program make about $51,619 in the first couple years of their career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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