2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s 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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 183,889 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great psychology programs and cost less that 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 psychology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychology in Alaska (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid list. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, this fairly large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s psychology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAA are $24,496, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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 Getting Aid list. Alaska Pacific is located in Anchorage, Alaska and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s psychology degrees to qualified students.

Alaska Pacific also took the #0 spot in our “Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Alaska Pacific are $12,110, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Alaska Pacific University Psychology Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychology in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychology (With Aid)

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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