Special Education at University of Alaska Anchorage

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

UAA is located in Anchorage, Alaska and has a total student population of 11,953.

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of special ed master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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.

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

Concentrations Within Special Education

The following special ed concentations are available at University of Alaska Anchorage. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Alaska Anchorage. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Special Education	8
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments	4

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• Educational Administration

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Wonderlane under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.