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Early Childhood Education at University of Alaska Fairbanks

Early Childhood Education at University of Alaska Fairbanks

If you are interested in studying early childhood education, you may want to check out the program at University of Alaska Fairbanks. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UAF is located in Fairbanks, Alaska and approximately 6,813 students attend the school each year.

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

UAF Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

  • Undergrad Certificate in Child development (1 - 4 Years)
  • Associate’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at UAF

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.

UAF does offer online education options in child development for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Associate’s Degree

UAF Early Childhood Education Rankings

Child development Student Demographics at UAF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at University of Alaska Fairbanks.

UAF Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

100% Women
56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of child development associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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UAF does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in child development graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alaska Fairbanks with a associate's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 1
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

Careers That Child development Grads May Go Into

A degree in child development 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 Fairbanks.

Occupation Jobs in AK Average Salary in AK
Preschool Teachers 940 $36,210
Kindergarten Teachers 200 $62,660

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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