2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Professions in Alaska

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Alaska” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 934,088 health professions students received their degree, making the major the 2nd most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,506 and had an average of $32,284 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 936 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,217 and $14,197 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health professions programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Alaska

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska doctor’s degree health professions students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Professions in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$24,496 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, this fairly large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s health professions students in 2019-2020.

UAA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAA are $24,496, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Health Professions at University of Alaska Anchorage

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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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