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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Alaska

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$8,986 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,682 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree School for You

Liberal Arts General Studies is the most popular major in Alaska with 417 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Alaska to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alaska to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for liberal arts 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 Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Alaska

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for liberal arts majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Alaska Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Liberal Arts General Studies

Our analysis found University of Alaska Anchorage to be the best value school for liberal arts general studies students who want to pursue a associate degree in Alaska. UAA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Anchorage.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UAA are $8,750 per year. On average, liberal arts graduates from UAA take out $17,453 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

UAA also made our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Alaska list, coming in at #2.

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The excellent associate degree programs at University of Alaska Fairbanks helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value liberal arts general studies schools in Alaska. Located in the suburb of Fairbanks, UAF is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UAF are $9,221 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, liberal arts majors at UAF accumulate an average of around $20,271 in student debt.

UAF did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Alaska list.

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Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 52,773
Washington 17,408
Oregon 8,599
Nevada 1,679
Hawaii 2,024

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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