by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Alaska” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 99,265 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the 8th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,712 and had an average of $26,539 in loans still to pay off.
Across Alaska, there were 186 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,998 and $18,550 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 57 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,625 and $18,921 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Alaska” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in accounting. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their accounting program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Alaska” list to help you make the college decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska associate degree accounting students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alaska Career College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Alaska list. Alaska Career College is located in Anchorage, Alaska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 associates’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ilisagvik College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Alaska. Ilisagvik College is a small school located in Barrow, Alaska that handed out 2 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #3 spot on the list. UAA is a fairly large public school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 27 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized public school situated in Fairbanks, Alaska. It awarded 11 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
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