2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies in Alaska

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In 2020-2021, 9,231 people earned their degree in ethnic studies, making the major the 99th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, ethnic studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,818 and had an average of $22,901 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 12 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,625 and $18,921 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in Alaska” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in ethnic studies. That schools that top this list have a program in ethnic studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in Alaska

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska associate degree ethnic studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies in Alaska

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Ilisagvik College
Barrow, Alaska

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, Ilisagvik College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Barrow, Alaska, this small public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s ethnic studies students in 2020-2021.

Full Ilisagvik College Ethnic Studies Report

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University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

#1 overall quality in Alaska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in Alaska list. UAA is a public institution located in Anchorage, Alaska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees 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 more about Ethnic Studies 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

• *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.

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