2024 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Alaska

If you pursue a associate degree in liberal arts general studies, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #1 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Alaska ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 407 associate degrees in liberal arts general studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to liberal arts general studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other liberal arts general studies students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt liberal arts general studies students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized liberal arts general studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for liberal arts general studies students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Liberal Arts General Studies Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Alaska ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Liberal Arts General Studies in Alaska

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in liberal arts general studies.

Top Alaska Schools for an Associate in Liberal Arts

1

University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, AK

284 Annual Graduates

$28,977 Median Starting Salary

$13,000 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in liberal arts general studies has to look into University of Alaska Anchorage. Located in the city of Anchorage, UAA is a public university with a large student population.

Students who graduate with their associate from the liberal arts program state that they receive average early career wages of $28,977.

More information about a associate in liberal arts general studies from University of Alaska Anchorage

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University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK

85 Annual Graduates

$27,241 Median Starting Salary

$19,563 Median Student Debt

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in liberal arts general studies needs to look into University of Alaska Fairbanks. Located in the suburb of Fairbanks, UAF is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Associate students who receive their degree from the liberal arts program make around $27,241 for their early career.

More information about a associate in liberal arts general studies from University of Alaska Fairbanks

Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	192	46,600
Oregon	147	8,258
Washington	131	16,515
Nevada	112	1,627
Hawaii	59	1,942

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Liberal Arts General Studies Related Rankings by Major

Liberal Arts General Studies is one of 0 different types of Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities programs to choose from.

Liberal Arts Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts	402
General Studies	5

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.