Academics at Alaska Career College

All About Academics

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Alaska Career College: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

7 Majors With Completions

15:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

5% Full-Time Faculty

Jump to any section below, or follow a link to dig deeper into a specific part of academic life at Alaska Career College:

Faculty Resources
Most Popular Majors
Additional Questions to Ask
Continue Your Research

Faculty and Teaching

The student-to-faculty ratio at Alaska Career College is about average at 15 to 1, close to the national average of 15 to 1. 5% of the instructors at Alaska Career College are employed full time, near the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition page.

Majors and Fields of Study

Alaska Career College offers 7 majors with reported completions across 2 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Alaska Career College are summarised below:

Degree Level	Offered
Associate	✓
Bachelor’s	—
Master’s	—
Doctorate	—

The most popular majors at Alaska Career College, measured by graduates, are listed below.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	45
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services	36
Health and Medical Administrative Services	28
Accounting and Related Services	15
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions	6

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors report.

Additional Questions to Ask

As you weigh academic life at Alaska Career College, a few more questions are worth asking:

Looking for flexibility? Alaska Career College may offer online or summer classes that can help you finish your degree — 250 undergraduates take at least some classes online. Explore online learning.
Thinking about graduate school? Consider how many students continue their studies and how well the school retains and graduates its students (76% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). Explore graduation rates.
Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Dig Deeper into Academics into Alaska Career College

Use the pages below to go deeper on any academic topic:

Majors & Degree Programs at Alaska Career College — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
Faculty Composition at Alaska Career College — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
Graduation and Retention at Alaska Career College — graduation and first-year retention rates
Distance Learning at Alaska Career College — what online and distance learning is available
Accreditation Detail at Alaska Career College — the schools accreditation and what it means