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Most Popular Accounting Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alaska

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2023 Most Popular Accounting Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alaska

3 Colleges
$46,891 Avg Salary
$28,532 Avg Student Debt

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Accounting Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alaska ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Alaska to see which bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Accounting program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Accounting Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Anchorage the most popular school in Alaska for accounting students working on their bachelor’s degree. UAA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Anchorage.

About 59% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 41% are male.

While working on their Bachelor's Degree, accounting majors at UAA accumulate an average of around $23,030 in student debt.

Read full report on Accounting at University of Alaska Anchorage

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at University of Alaska Fairbanks helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular accounting schools in Alaska. Located in the small suburb of Fairbanks, UAF is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 53% of the accounting majors at the school.

On average, accounting graduates from UAF take out $29,228 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Full Accounting at University of Alaska Fairbanks Report

#3

Alaska Pacific University

Anchorage, AK

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Alaska Pacific University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular accounting schools in Alaska. Alaska Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Anchorage.

Read full report on Accounting at Alaska Pacific University

Best Accounting Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Accounting Colleges 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 3 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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