2023 Most Popular Schools in Alaska
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The Most Popular Schools in Alaska ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Alaska to see which 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 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 degree. UAA is a fairly large public school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 2,079 degrees in 2020-2021.
Degree recipients from UAA accumulate an average of $23,842 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. During the early years of their career, UAA graduates make an average of $49,843 annually. Around 60% of those degree recipients were women.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Alaska Fairbanks is a great place for students. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, the medium-sized public school handed out 1,335 degrees in 2020-2021.
On average, students take out $25,525 in loans while pursuing their degree. Once they receive their degree, UAF graduates enter the workforce, making an average salary of $45,077 during the early year of their career. Of those students who received their degree, 60% were women.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Southeast. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Schools in Alaska list. Juneau, Alaska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 582 students in 2020-2021.
Degree recipients from UAS accumulate an average of $22,811 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. During the early years of their career, UAS graduates make an average of $54,280 annually. Around 60% of those degree recipients were women.
Out of the 9 schools in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, Alaska Career College landed the # 4 spot on the list. This very small private for-profit school is located in Anchorage, Alaska, and it awarded 237 degrees in 2020-2021.
By the time they get their degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $15,277 in student loans. During the early years of their career, Alaska Career College graduates make an average of $30,330 annually. Around 89% of those degree recipients were women.
The programs at Alaska Pacific University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in Alaska. This very small private not-for-profit school is located in Anchorage, Alaska, and it awarded 136 degrees in 2020-2021.
Degree recipients from Alaska Pacific accumulate an average of $23,920 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. During the early years of their career, Alaska Pacific graduates make an average of $70,068 annually. Around 73% of those degree recipients were women.
Alaska Vocational Technical Center did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students. It came in at #6 on the list. Seward, Alaska is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 90 students in 2020-2021.
By the time they get their degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $6,575 in student loans. During the early years of their career, AVTEC graduates make an average of $34,489 annually. Of those students who received their degree, 21% were women.
Ilisagvik College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Schools in Alaska ranking. Located in Barrow, Alaska, the very small public school awarded 44 diplomas to qualifed students in 2020-2021.
Around 80% of those degree recipients were women.
Alaska Christian College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Schools in Alaska ranking. Soldotna, Alaska is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
Around 73% of those degree recipients were women.
Alaska Bible College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular programs. Alaska Bible College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Palmer, Alaska. The school has a very small population, and it awarded 5 degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 40% of those degree recipients were women.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 9 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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