2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Alaska

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IT Major in Alaska” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Information Technology is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 40,555 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,525 and had an average of $26,794 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 25 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 16 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,625 and $18,921 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IT Major in Alaska” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. That schools that top this list have a program in information technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Information Technology Schools

The it school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IT Major in Alaska”.

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.

Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IT Major in Alaska

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

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Alaska

1

Ilisagvik College
Barrow, Alaska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ilisagvik College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IT Major in Alaska list. Ilisagvik College is a public institution located in Barrow, Alaska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Information Technology at Ilisagvik College

2

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 overall quality in Alaska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IT Major in Alaska. UAF is a medium-sized school located in Fairbanks, Alaska that handed out 15 associates’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Information Technology 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

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.