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UAA Graduate Profile

UAA Graduate Programs Degrees and Certificates

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES COLLEGE OF HEALTH & SOCIAL WELFARE

Anthropology (MA) Advanced Human Service Systems (GRCT)

Biological Sciences (MS) Clinical Social Work Practice (GRCT)

Clinical Psychology (MS) Family Nurse Practitioner (GRCT)

Creative Writing & Literary Arts (MFA) Nursing Education (GCRT)

English (MA) Nursing Science (MS)

Interdisciplinary Studies (MS, MA) Public Health Practice (MPH)

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (GRCT)

General Management (MBA) Social Work (MSW)

Global Supply Chain Management (MS) Social Work Management (GCRT)

Public Management (MPA) SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Supply Chain Management (GRCT)* Applied Environmental Science & Technology (MS, M-AEST)

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Arctic Engineering (MS)

Counselor Education (MED) Civil Engineering (MS, MCE)

Counselor Education (GRCT) Earthquake Engineering (GCRT)

Early Childhood Special Ed (MED) Engineering Management (MS)

Education (MAT) Environmental Reg & Permitting (GCRT)

Educational Leadership (MED) Port & Coastal Engineering (GCRT)

Educational Leadership-Principal (GRCT) Project Management (MS)

Educational Leadership-Superintendent (GCRT) Science Management (MS)

e-Learning (GCRT)

Language Education: ESOL 7-12 Concentration (GRCT) COLLABORATIVE MS & PHD PROGRAMS

Master Teacher with Specialty Option (MED) Biological Sciences (PhD) with University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)

Principal (GCRT) Clinical-Community Psychology (PhD) conferred jointly with UAF

Special Education (MED) Communication Sciences & Disorders (MS) with East Carolina University

Special Education (GRCT) Computer Science (MS) with UAF

Teaching (MAT) Doctor of Medicine (MD) with University of Washington (WWAMI)

COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE Occupational Therapy (PhD) with Creighton University

Career & Technical Education (MS) Pharmacy (PharmD) with Creighton University

Dietetic Internship (GCRT) *GRCT = Graduate Certificate

OVERVIEW

The University of Alaska Anchorage’s graduate programs include 27 Master degree programs and 18 graduate certificates. UAA also has agreements with the University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Washington Medical School (WWAMI), Creighton University, and East Carolina University to offer additional post-graduate programs.

The number of graduate students enrolled at UAA has grown 36% in the last decade compared to a 10% increase in total enrollment. While the overall graduate student population represented 5% of the total enrollment at UAA in Fall 2009, grad students produced 16% of the awards and certificates conferred in FY10. The UAA Graduate School was established in 2008 to provide centralized coordination and leadership for graduate level programs.

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UAA Graduate Degree/Certificate Awards

Source: Statewide Official Degree Awards Freeze 2010, Compiled by UAA IR

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Source: 2010 & 2007 UA in Review, Table 1.09; 2002 UA in Review, Table 1.03

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Applications, Admissions, Enrollment

ENROLLMENT

UAA’s graduate programs are highly selective. On average over the last 10 years, 53% of all applicants are admitted, and of those who are admitted 76% enroll.

The overall trend is measured by applications and illustrates varying demand. The trends for acceptance and enrollment show a more steady growth.

• Applications to graduate programs increased 19% from Fall 2000 to Fall 2009.

• Acceptances grew 24% over the 10–year period.

• Enrollment in graduate programs grew 36% from Fall 2000 to Fall 2009.

UAA graduate students are distributed across 6 schools and colleges.

Credit hours, seat count, and FTE follow the steady upward trend of enrollment, each growing 31% over the 10–year period.

STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS

In 1999 graduate student headcount represented 3% of the total student enrollment and in 2009, that percentage had grown to over 5%.

• More are part-time: 62% of graduate students attended part-time in Fall 2000 compared to 76% in Fall 2009.

• More are minorities: Up from 14% of the graduate student population in Fall 2000 to 18% in Fall 2009.

• Majority are 25-39 years old: 53% in Fall 2000 compared to 57% in Fall 2009.

• More are over age 50: Up from 57 graduate students in Fall 2000 to 164 in Fall 2009. This is twice the growth rate of graduate students as a whole.

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UAA Graduate Selectivity

Source: 2010 UAA Factbook, Table 1.12; 2008 UAA Trendbook, Table A-13

Applicants EnrolledAccepted

Source: 2010 UAA Factbook, Table 1.12; 2008 UAA Trendbook, Table A-13

2009 Graduate Program Selectivity

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Source: 2009, 2010 UAA Factbook, Table 2.01,Table B-5, Fall Curriculum by Course Level (1/31/2008)

Fall 1999 Fall 2004 Fall 2009

Headcount 573 955 1009

% 20-24 5% 5% 6%

% 25-39 53% 58% 57%

% Minority 14% 18% 18%

% Full-Time 38% 29% 24%

% Female 64% 66% 66%

% from Outside AK NA 42% 38%

% International NA 6% 6%

% from Anchorage NA 19% 20%

Source: 2010, 2009 UAA Factbook, Table 1.02. UAA Trendbook 2007, Tables A-7, A-8, A-9, A-10

UAA Graduate Student Characteristics

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Degrees and Certificates

UAA GRADUATE AWARDS

With the unusually broad scope of UAA’s mission, graduate certificates and degrees constituted16% of all awards conferred at UAA in FY10.

UAA is the largest grantor of graduate degrees and certificates in Alaska, granting 44% of all graduate degrees conferred in the University of Alaska System in FY09.

UAA Graduate Profile

Graduate Degrees/Certificates as Total of all UAA Awards

UAA Undergraduate Awards, 84%

UAA Graduate

Awards, 16%

Source: 2010 UAA Factbook, Table 3.01 & UAA Major Students and Degrees/Certificate Awards AY 2001-2010 (Final Freeze)

Masters Degrees, 83%

Certificates 17%

Source: Statewide Official Degree Awards Freeze 2010, Compiled by UAA IR

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Graduate Awards by High Demand Job Area

Graduate-Level Degrees Awarded

University of Alaska Anchorage

University of Alaska Southeast

University of Alaska Fairbanks

FY09Source: UA In Review 2010, Table 2.03

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Master’s Doctorate Licensure

UAA Graduate Degrees Awarded by School/College, FY 2010

SOEN, 12% CAS, 11%

CBPP, 22%

COE, 43%

CHSW, 10%

CTC, 2%

Source: 2010 UAA Factbook, Table 3.02

MBA, General Management

MED, Educational Leadership

MAT, Education

MS, Project Management

MSW, Social Work

GCRT, Principal

MED, Counselor Education

MS, Clinical Psychology

MED, Early Childhood Spec Educ

MPA, Public Administration

MA, English

GCRT, Superintendent

GCRT, E-Learning

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Source: 2010 UAA Factbook, Table 3.04

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CAS, 41

COE, 152

SOEN, 43

CHSW, 34

CTC, 9

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UAA Total, 356

Source: Number of UAA Major Students and Degree/Certificate Awards AY 2001-2010 (Final Freeze)

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

CAS 33 19 26 51 37 33 40 37 28 41

CBPP 23 22 59 62 45 38 56 46 60 77

COE 71 73 72 72 129 126 211 165 145 152

CTC 5 2 6 7 7 7 6 5 1 9

CHSW 27 28 28 27 38 39 59 49 41 34

SOE 19 15 13 22 23 17 28 37 34 43

UAA Total 178 159 204 241 279 260 400 339 309 356

Since FY01, the number of graduate degrees and certificates awarded by UAA has doubled, and in the last five years that number has grown by 37%. A record high number of awards (400) were conferred in FY07 due to a spike in the number of degrees and certificates from the College of Education and the College of Health and Social Welfare. In 2010, the upward trend returned with 356 awards.

College of Education produces the highest number of awards and certificates with a peak of 211 awards in FY07. Together with the College of Business and Public Policy, the second largest producer of awards, these colleges account for almost two-thirds of all graduate degrees awarded at UAA.

Most graduate certificates and degrees awarded by UAA continue to be in programs identified as high demand job areas.

Awards by Schools and Colleges

January 6, 2011