2023 Most Popular Doctor's 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Doctor's Degree Schools in Alaska ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Alaska to see which doctor's 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.

Most Popular Doctor's Degree Schools in Alaska

Learn more about these popular schools below:

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

39 Total Awards

$12,958 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Fairbanks the most popular school in Alaska for students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, the medium-sized public school awarded 39 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 46% were women.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UAF. In fact, around 87% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

Full University of Alaska Fairbanks Report

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

9 Total Awards

$12,148 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the # 2 spot on the list. UAA is a fairly large public school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 9 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 44% of those degree recipients were women.

Online graduate 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. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 92% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Read full report on University of Alaska Anchorage

#3

Alaska Pacific University

Anchorage, Alaska

1 Total Awards

$12,110 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Alaska Pacific University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in Alaska. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, the very small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.

Alaska Pacific is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

Full Alaska Pacific University Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 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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