2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in Alaska

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Liberal Studies Schools for an Associate in Alaska” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Liberal Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 365,980 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Alaska, there were 485 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 477 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,350 and $16,973 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for an Associate in Alaska” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for an Associate in Alaska

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for an Associate in Alaska.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 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 Liberal Studies Schools for an Associate in Alaska list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized public school situated in Fairbanks, Alaska. It awarded 61 associates’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UAF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts Associate Degree Schools in Alaska” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks is $10,333 for Alaska Associate Degree Liberal Studies students.

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#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$12,995 Average Net Price

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 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for an Associate in Alaska. UAA is located in Anchorage, Alaska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 374 associates’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.

UAA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Associate Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UAA is $12,995 for alaska associate degree liberal studies students.

Read more about Liberal Arts 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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