NAEYC Annual Measures
The Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Early Childhood Development, at the University of Alaska Anchorage, is accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Early Childhood Higher Education Programs of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, www.naeyc.org. The accreditation term runs from Spring 2018 through Spring 2025.
Number of Program Completers
| Academic Year | Number of Program Completers | % of program completers who were attending full-time (at the time of completion) | % of program completers who were attending part-time1 (at the time of completion) |
| 2020-2021 | 9 | 33% | 67% |
| 2019-2020 | 15 | 27% | 73% |
| 2018-2019 | 23 | 48% | 52% |
1 Part-time status is defined by the institution.
Program Completion Rates
| Academic year in which a fall cohort of full-time candidates enrolled in the program (select 3 sequential years) | % of those candidates who completed the program within 150% of the published timeframe | % of those candidates who completed the program within 100%, 200% (twice), or 300% (three times) of the published timeframe. (Please circle, underline or bold the indicator above on which the program will report.) |
| 2020-2021 | 67% | 33% |
| 2019-2020 | 25% | 100% |
| 2018-2019 | 46% | 100% |
Institutional Selected Data
The fall-to-fall retention rate in the program for each of the three most recently completed academic years
| Academic Year | % of Part-time Candidates Enrolled in the Program (% of Total Enrollment) | Retention Rate Among Part-time Candidates | % of Full-Time Candidates Enrolled in the Program (% of Total Enrollment) | Retention Rate Among Full-time Candidates |
| 2020-2021 | 72% | 28% | 22% | 78% |
| 2019-2020 | 73% | 27% | 27% | 73% |
| 2018-2019 | 74% | 26% | 26% | 63% |
1Part-time status is defined by the institution.