2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 183,889 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, psychology is the 7th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,496 and had an average of $36,227 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 135 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,050 and $21,375 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,325 and $26,561 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality psychology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The psychology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska master’s degree psychology students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychology (Income $48-$75k) in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$24,496 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k list. UAA is a fairly large school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 9 masters’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

UAA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAA are $24,496.

Read full report on Psychology at University of Alaska Anchorage

#2

Alaska Pacific University

Anchorage, Alaska

$12,110 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alaska Pacific University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Anchorage, Alaska, and it awarded 6 masters’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Alaska Pacific did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Alaska Pacific University are $12,110.

Read more about Psychology at Alaska Pacific University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychology (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychology (Income $48-$75k)

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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