2023 Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Alaska
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$29,300
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Elementary Teaching for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Elementary Education is the 17th most popular major in the country with 43,003 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Alaska, there were 80 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great elementary education programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the elementary education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Elementary Teaching for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Elementary Teaching for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Elementary Teaching for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Alaska
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Southeast. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Elementary Teaching for a Master’s list. University of Alaska Southeast is located in Juneau, Alaska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 masters’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.
UAS not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list.Our most recent data shows that 111 of the 2,070 students enrolled at UAS were GI Bill® students, of which 79 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,925. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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