2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in Alaska

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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in Alaska” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 110,770 teacher education grade specific students received their degree, making the major the 6th most popular in the country. In , teacher education grade specific graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $38,190 and had an average of $24,599 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 161 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,150 and $17,376 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 54 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,855 and $21,190 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in Alaska” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher education grade specific. That schools that top this list have a program in teacher education grade specific in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in Alaska

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska bachelor’s degree grade specific ed students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in Alaska

1

University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau, Alaska

#3 overall quality in Alaska

$12,500 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the #1 spot on the list. UAS is located in Juneau, Alaska and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s grade specific ed degrees to qualified students.

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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Teacher Education Grade Specific at University of Alaska Southeast

2

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 overall quality in Alaska

$43,220 Average Early-Career Earnings

$12,500 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in Alaska list. This medium-sized school is located in Fairbanks, Alaska, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s grade specific ed degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UAF Teacher Education Grade Specific Report

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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