2023 Best Associate Degree Schools in Alaska
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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Associate Degree Schools in Alaska to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Alaska to see which associate degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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Top Associate Degree Schools in Alaska
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Southeast the best school in Alaska for students working on their associate degree.
In-state students pay an average of $8,694 in tuition and fees if they attend UAS full time. Out-of-state students pay an average of $24,950. Associate Degree recipients from UAS accumulate an average of $16,696 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UAS does offer online classes for certain majors. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 83% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent associate degree programs at University of Alaska Anchorage helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Alaska.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at UAA is $8,750. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $25,228. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $21,255 in student loans.
Online courses are available at UAA, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 95% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Associate Degree Schools in Alaska list.
Students from Alaska who attend UAF full time pay an average of $9,221 in tuition and fees. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $25,654. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $18,145 in student loans.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UAF does offer online classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 90% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Alaska Pacific University is a great place for students working on their associate degree.
Alaska Pacific does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $20,760. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Alaska Pacific. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 99% took at least some of their classes online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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