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Alder Graduate School of Education

Redwood City, California Private nonprofit 4-year Small city

Overview

Located in Redwood City, California, Alder Graduate School of Education is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a small city. It enrolled 558 students in fall 2024.

Alder Graduate School of Education offers master's degrees across 4 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Elementary Education and Teaching, Special Education and Teaching, and Secondary Education and Teaching. It awarded 552 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

Mission

To create opportunity and cultivate success for every student by recruiting and educating excellent teachers and leaders who reflect our schools’ communities.

Mission statement as reported by Alder Graduate School of Education

Key figures

558
Students enrolled
552
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
4
Programs and majors

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Delivery modes

CampusHybrid

Program levels

Master

Programs and majors offered 4

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Education 4

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Master's degrees
552

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
558
Graduate students, fall 2024
558
Full-time, fall 2024
99%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,166
Graduate students, 2024-25
1,166
Full-time, 2024-25
99%

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
74%
Men
26%
White
18%
Hispanic or Latino
57%
Black or African American
11%
Asian
8%
Two or more races
4%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
53%

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
President & CEO
Heather Kirkpatrick
Services and opportunities
Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates

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