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Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in Alaska

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in Alaska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,986 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,109 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, liberal arts / sciences and humanities was ranked 3rd in Alaska. In fact, 417 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in Alaska ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alaska to see which programs offered the best value experiences for liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Alaska Schools for Affordable Quality in Liberal Arts & Humanities

$8,750 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Anchorage the best value school in Alaska for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students. Located in the city of Anchorage, UAA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UAA are $8,750 a year. On average, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates from UAA take out $13,125 in student loans while working on their degree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UAA is ranked #1 for overall quality for liberal arts / sciences and humanities in Alaska.

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$9,221 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in Alaska list. UAF is a moderately-sized public school located in the small suburb of Fairbanks.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UAF are $9,221 per year. On average, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates from UAF take out $18,500 in student loans while working on their degree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UAF is ranked #3 for overall quality for liberal arts / sciences and humanities in Alaska.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools 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
Hawaii 2,024
Nevada 1,679

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies 556,813

Related Major Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts 149,215
English Language & Literature 54,635
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 33,333
Theology & Religious Vocations 27,459
Philosophy & Religious Studies 19,993

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 Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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