2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Management in Alaska

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in Alaska” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Construction Management is the 150th most popular major in the country with 3,846 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, construction management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $66,201 and had an average of $24,806 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 19 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,711 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,625 and $18,921 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in Alaska” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in construction management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their construction management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Construction Management Major in Alaska” list to help you make the college decision.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in Alaska

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in Alaska”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Management in Alaska

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University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 overall quality in Alaska

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, this medium-sized public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified associates’s construction management students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Construction Management at UAF

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University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

#1 overall quality in Alaska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in Alaska list. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, this fairly large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s construction management students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UAA Construction Management Report

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Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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