2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Schools in Alaska
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 and bootcamps 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 Associate Degree Schools in Alaska ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Alaska to see which associate degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Associate Degree Schools in Alaska
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Anchorage the most popular school in Alaska for students working on their associate degree. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large public school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 670 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
Students from Alaska who attend UAA full time pay an average of $8,750 in tuition and fees. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $25,228. Associate Degree recipients from UAA accumulate an average of $21,255 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 63% of those degree recipients were women.
Some students may be able to take online classes at UAA. In fact, around 95% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Schools in Alaska list. UAF is a public institution located in Fairbanks, Alaska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 258 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
Students from Alaska who attend UAF full time pay an average of $9,221 in tuition and fees. Out-of-state students 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. Around 63% of those degree recipients were women.
One thing to take note of is that UAF does offer online classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 90% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Southeast. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Schools in Alaska list. UAS is located in Juneau, Alaska and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 77 associate degrees to qualified students.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at UAS is $8,694. 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. Of those students who received their degree, 66% were women.
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.
Out of the 8 schools in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, Alaska Career College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, the very small private for-profit school handed out 29 associate degree awards in 2020-2021.
Associate Degree recipients from Alaska Career College accumulate an average of $20,537 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 86% were women.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ilisagvik College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Schools in Alaska list. Ilisagvik College is a very small public school situated in Barrow, Alaska. It awarded 16 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
Ilisagvik College does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $4,780. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. Around 88% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Ilisagvik College does offer online classes for certain majors. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 80% took at least some of their classes online.
Alaska Christian College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get an associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Alaska Christian College is a very small private not-for-profit school located in Soldotna, Alaska that handed out 11 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees at Alaska Christian College is $8,494. In-state students do not receive a discount, however you may be able to reduce your price if you receive financial aid. Around 73% of those degree recipients were women.
Alaska Pacific University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Associate Degree Schools in Alaska list. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, the very small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualifed associate degree students in 2020-2021.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $20,760 to cover tuition and fees at Alaska Pacific. The school does not offer an in-state discount. Of those students who received their degree, 80% were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Alaska Pacific. In fact, around 99% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #8, Alaska Bible College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their associate degree. Alaska Bible College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Palmer, Alaska. The school has a very small population, and it awarded 1 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $10,900 to cover tuition and fees at Alaska Bible College. The school does not offer an in-state discount.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.
References
- 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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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