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Best Schools in Alaska

2023 Best Schools in Alaska

3 Schools Ranked
$51,223 Average Earnings
$16,361 Avg Student Debt

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Schools in Alaska ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Alaska to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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Top Schools in Alaska

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska
1,682 Total Awards
$59,053 Average Earnings
$22,602 Avg Student Debt

Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Anchorage the best school in Alaska for students working on their degree. UAA is a fairly large public school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 1,682 degrees in .

On average, students take out $22,602 in loans while pursuing their degree.After graduating from UAA, students go on to jobs where they make an average of $59,053 during the early years of their career.

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475 Total Awards
$63,014 Average Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Southeast. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Schools in Alaska list. Juneau, Alaska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 475 students in .

After graduating from UAS, students go on to jobs where they make an average of $63,014 during the early years of their career.

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#3

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska
1,127 Total Awards
$50,963 Average Earnings

The excellent programs at University of Alaska Fairbanks helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Alaska. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, the medium-sized public school awarded 1,127 diplomas to qualifed students in .

After graduating from UAF, students go on to jobs where they make an average of $50,963 during the early years of their career.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 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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