2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s

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With 556,813 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, liberal arts general studies is the 1st most popular major in the United States. 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. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,855 and $24,086 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts general studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful liberal arts general studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska bachelor’s degree liberal arts students.

Top 3 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Alaska

1

University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau, Alaska

#3 overall quality in Alaska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Southeast. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s. UAS is a public institution located in Juneau, Alaska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full UAS Liberal Arts General Studies Report

2

Alaska Pacific University
Anchorage, Alaska

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Alaska Pacific University landed the #2 spot on the list. Anchorage, Alaska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at Alaska Pacific University

3

University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

#1 overall quality in Alaska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s list. Anchorage, Alaska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts degrees to 284 students 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 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

• *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.