2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Elementary Education is the 19th most popular major in the country with 40,622 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Alaska, there were 108 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,325 and $26,561 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent elementary education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the elementary education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education (Income $0-$30k) in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Southeast

Juneau, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$25,017 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Juneau, Alaska, this small public school handed out 20 degrees to qualified masters’s elementary teaching students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAS, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alaska Southeast are $25,017, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Elementary Education at UAS

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education (Income $0-$30k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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