2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Journalism in Alaska

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Journalism is the 62nd most popular major in the country with 14,528 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,042 and had an average of $24,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 15 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,942 and $21,197 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in journalism. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent journalism programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the journalism program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Journalism in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$12,995 Average Net Price

$34,704 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska. This fairly large school is located in Anchorage, Alaska, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UAA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Alaska Anchorage is $12,995 for Alaska Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.

Full UAA Journalism Report

#2

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$10,333 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a public institution located in Fairbanks, Alaska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UAF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. It costs about $10,333 for Alaska Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students per year to attend UAF.

Read full report on Journalism at UAF

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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