2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts / sciences and humanities is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 492 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,150 and $12,926 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Alaska (With Aid)

#1

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$12,995 Average Net Price

$49,683 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Anchorage, Alaska, and it awarded 374 ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

UAA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Alaska” list. It costs about $12,995 for Alaska Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students with aid per year to attend UAA.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at UAA

#2

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$10,333 Average Net Price

$40,388 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a public institution located in Fairbanks, Alaska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 61 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UAF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Alaska” list. It costs about $10,333 for Alaska Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students with aid per year to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Read more about Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at University of Alaska Fairbanks

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803).

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