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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 200,458 engineering students received their degree, making the major the 6th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 228 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,667 and $20,946 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 192 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,942 and $21,197 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska bachelor’s degree engineering students.

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

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#1 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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska list. UAF is a medium-sized public school situated in Fairbanks, Alaska. It awarded 90 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAF, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Alaska Fairbanks is $10,333 for Alaska Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students.

Read more about Engineering at UAF

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$12,995 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #2 spot on the list. Anchorage, Alaska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 102 students in 2019-2020.

UAA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. The yearly cost to attend UAA is $12,995 for alaska bachelor’s degree engineering students.

Read more about Engineering at UAA

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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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