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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Bachelor’s in Alaska” 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 110 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 3 colleges that offer a degree in psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent psychology programs, but they also 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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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 Bachelor’s in Alaska”.

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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 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Psychology in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$10,333 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, this medium-sized public school handed out 38 degrees to qualified bachelors’s psychology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAF, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks is $10,333 for Alaska Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students.

Read more about Psychology at UAF

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#3 in overall quality

$12,995 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 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. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, this fairly large public school handed out 61 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s psychology students in 2019-2020.

UAA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. It costs about $12,995 for Alaska Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students per year to attend University of Alaska Anchorage.

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#3

Alaska Pacific University

Anchorage, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$18,602 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alaska Pacific University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska. Alaska Pacific University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 11 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Alaska Pacific, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Alaska Pacific University is $18,602 for alaska bachelor’s degree psychology students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Psychology at Alaska Pacific University

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

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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nevit Dilmen.

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