2023 Most Popular Master's Degree Schools in Alaska
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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Master's Degree Schools in Alaska ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Alaska to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Master's Degree Schools in Alaska
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Our analysis found University of Alaska Fairbanks to be the most popular school for students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Alaska. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized public school located in Fairbanks, Alaska that handed out 195 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 56% of those degree recipients were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UAF. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 87% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Out of the 4 schools in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the # 2 spot on the list. This fairly large public school is located in Anchorage, Alaska, and it awarded 190 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 65% of those degree recipients were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UAA. In fact, around 92% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Alaska Southeast is a great place for students working on their master’s degree. Juneau, Alaska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out master’s degrees to 122 students in 2020-2021.
Around 71% of those degree recipients were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UAS. In 2019-2020 about 91% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Out of the 4 schools in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, Alaska Pacific University landed the # 4 spot on the list. This very small private not-for-profit school is located in Anchorage, Alaska, and it awarded 59 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 69% were women.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Alaska Pacific. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.
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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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