2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Alaska

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Alaska” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 198,468 engineering students received their degree, making the major the 7th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,653 and had an average of $23,855 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 178 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,363 and $30,751 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,425 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Alaska” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in engineering.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The engineering 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 a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Alaska”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Alaska

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Alaska”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering 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 a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. Fairbanks, Alaska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Engineering at University of Alaska Fairbanks

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University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

#1 overall quality in Alaska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Alaska. Anchorage, Alaska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 12 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%.

Read full report on Engineering at University of Alaska Anchorage

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in the Far Western US Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering

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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.