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Special Education at University of Alaska Anchorage

If you plan to study special education, take a look at what University of Alaska Anchorage has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UAA is located in Anchorage, Alaska and approximately 11,953 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received their master's degree in special ed.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Special Education section at the bottom of this page.

UAA Special Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Special Ed

Online Classes Are Available at UAA

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UAA offers distance education options for special ed at the following degree levels:

UAA Special Education Rankings

Special Ed Student Demographics at UAA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the special ed majors at University of Alaska Anchorage.

UAA Special Education Master’s Program

100% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students earned a master's degree in special ed from UAA. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

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Of the students who received a special ed master's degree from UAA, 80% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alaska Anchorage with a master's in special ed.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Special Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in special ed can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AK, the home state for University of Alaska Anchorage.

Occupation Jobs in AK Average Salary in AK
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers 640 $72,770
Special Education Professors 430 $77,210
Middle School Special Education Teachers 270 $75,530
Special Education Preschool Teachers 90 $65,500
Interpreters and Translators 90 $52,990

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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