by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Alaska” ranking.
With 254,454 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, computer and information sciences is the 6th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, computer and information sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,893 and had an average of $27,324 in loans still to pay off.
Across Alaska, there were 78 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 29 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,625 and $18,921 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Alaska” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in computer and information sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in computer and information sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Alaska” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska associate degree computer & information sciences students.
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 Computer & Information Sciences Major in Alaska list. Ilisagvik College is a small school located in Barrow, Alaska that handed out 1 associates’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Ilisagvik College Computer & Information Sciences Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Fairbanks, Alaska, and it awarded 15 associates’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Alaska list. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 13 associates’s computer and information sciences 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%.
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