2023 Best Liberal Arts Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Alaska

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Liberal Studies for an Associate” ranking.

With 366,996 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, liberal arts is the 2nd most popular major in the United States.

Across Alaska, there were 411 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 402 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,625 and $18,921 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Liberal Studies for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Liberal Studies for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Liberal Studies for an Associate”.

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

1

University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

42 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Liberal Studies for an Associate. UAA is a fairly large public school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 284 associates’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.

UAA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts Associate Degree Schools in Alaska” list.Of the 11,953 students enrolled at UAA, 42 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 31 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,609. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Alaska Anchorage]](/colleges/university-of-alaska-anchorage/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

665 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Liberal Studies for an Associate list. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, this medium-sized public school handed out 85 degrees to qualified associates’s liberal studies students in 2020-2021.

UAF also took the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Associate Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking.Of the 6,813 students enrolled at UAF, 665 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 417 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,685. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full UAF Veteran Student Life Report

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.