2023 Most Focused Colleges for Environmental Science in Alaska

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Alaska” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Environmental Science is the 91st most popular major in the country with 9,274 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Alaska, there were 8 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Alaska” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in environmental science. That schools that top this list have a program in environmental science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Alaska

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska bioenvironmental sciences students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Environmental Science in Alaska

1

Alaska Pacific University
Anchorage, Alaska

$70,068 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alaska Pacific University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Alaska list. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified ’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Alaska Pacific Environmental Science Report

2

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 #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Alaska list. This small school is located in Juneau, Alaska, and it awarded 6 ’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.