2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in Alaska

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 134,326 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, general psychology is the 4th most popular major in the United States.

Across Alaska, there were 107 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 99 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,942 and $21,197 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general psychology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general psychology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$10,333 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized school located in Fairbanks, Alaska that handed out 38 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

UAF also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Alaska Fairbanks is $10,333 for Alaska Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students.

Read more about General Psychology at University of Alaska Fairbanks

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$12,995 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #2 spot on the list. Anchorage, Alaska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s psychology degrees to 61 students in 2019-2020.

UAA also made our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $12,995 for Alaska Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students per year to attend University of Alaska Anchorage.

Read full report on General Psychology at UAA

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology

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.

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