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2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Alaska

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$12,638 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,137 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, education students earned 331 degrees and certificates from an Alaska school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Alaska ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alaska to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Alaska

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Alaska Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Education

Our analysis found University of Alaska Fairbanks to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Alaska. Located in the small suburb of Fairbanks, UAF is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UAF are $12,958 a year.

UAF also made our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Alaska list, coming in at #1.

Full Education at University of Alaska Fairbanks Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Alaska Southeast helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Alaska. Located in the remote town of Juneau, UAS is a public school with a small student population.

UAS graduate students pay an average of $12,318 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UAS also took the #3 spot in our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Alaska rankings.

Full Education at University of Alaska Southeast Report

Best Value Education Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Education Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 25,545
Washington 5,206
Oregon 4,001
Hawaii 830
Nevada 1,387

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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