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2023 Best Value Accounting Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alaska

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$8,986 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,891 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting Bachelor's Degree School for You

Accounting is one of the most popular subjects to study in Alaska. With 136 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Accounting Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alaska ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alaska to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for accounting students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for accounting majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best Alaska Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Accounting

Our analysis found University of Alaska Anchorage to be the best value school for accounting students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Alaska. UAA is a large public school located in the large city of Anchorage.

UAA undergraduate students pay an average of $8,750 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Accounting majors at UAA take out an average of $23,030 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UAA is ranked #2 for overall quality for accounting in Alaska.

Read full report on Accounting at University of Alaska Anchorage

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska list. Located in the suburb of Fairbanks, UAF is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UAF are $9,221 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, accounting majors at UAF accumulate an average of around $29,228 in student debt.

UAF also made our Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska list, coming in at #3.

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Best Value Accounting Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 4,040
Washington 1,634
Oregon 772
Nevada 396
Hawaii 215

One of 21 majors within the area of study, accounting has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

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 Pixabay.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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