2024 Best Liberal Arts Schools in Alaska

Liberal Arts is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #2 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Alaska to determine which ones were the best for liberal arts students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 411 degrees in liberal arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Liberal Arts Rankings by Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Liberal Arts Schools in Alaska list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Liberal Arts in Alaska

The schools below may not offer all types of liberal studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Alaska Schools in Liberal Studies

1

University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, AK

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

284 Liberal Studies Degrees Awarded

University of Alaska Anchorage is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in liberal arts. UAA is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Anchorage.More information about a degree in liberal arts from University of Alaska Anchorage

2

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

85 Liberal Studies Degrees Awarded

28.2% Growth in Graduates

University of Alaska Fairbanks is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in liberal arts. UAF is a medium-sized public university located in the suburb of Fairbanks.More information about a degree in liberal arts from University of Alaska Fairbanks

 

Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Liberal Arts Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	999	36,471
Washington	831	17,106
Oregon	587	5,480
Nevada	354	1,257
Hawaii	267	1,884

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Liberal Arts Related Rankings by Major

One of 3 majors within the Liberal Arts General Studies area of study, Liberal Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Liberal Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Studies	5
Individualized Studies	2

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.