2023 Most Focused Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Alaska

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Alaska” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Liberal Arts General Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 1st of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 556,813 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,337 and had an average of $17,430 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 418 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,109 and $16,076 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Alaska” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts general studies. That schools that top this list have a program in liberal arts general studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Alaska

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska liberal arts students.

Top 6 Most Focused Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Alaska

1

Alaska Christian College
Soldotna, Alaska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alaska Christian College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Alaska. Soldotna, Alaska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s liberal arts degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Alaska Christian College Liberal Arts General Studies Report

2

University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

#1 overall quality in Alaska

$49,843 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,309 Average Student Debt

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 Schools Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Alaska. UAA is a fairly large school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 284 ’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Alaska Anchorage

3

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 overall quality in Alaska

$45,077 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,561 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Alaska list. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, this medium-sized public school awarded 85 diplomas to qualified ’s liberal arts students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at UAF

4

Alaska Pacific University
Anchorage, Alaska

$70,068 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, Alaska Pacific University landed the #4 spot on the list. Alaska Pacific University is located in Anchorage, Alaska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 ’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Alaska Pacific University Liberal Arts General Studies Report

5

University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau, Alaska

#3 overall quality in Alaska

$54,280 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,743 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Southeast. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Alaska list. University of Alaska Southeast is located in Juneau, Alaska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 33 ’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full University of Alaska Southeast Liberal Arts General Studies Report

6

Ilisagvik College
Barrow, Alaska

Ilisagvik College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Alaska ranking. Ilisagvik College is a small school located in Barrow, Alaska that handed out 3 ’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at Ilisagvik College

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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.