2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Alaska

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Alaska” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Alaska” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Alaska

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

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychology in Alaska

#1

Alaska Pacific University

Anchorage, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$12,110 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, Alaska Pacific University landed the #1 spot on the list. Alaska Pacific is located in Anchorage, Alaska and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s psychology degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Alaska Pacific, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Psychology Doctor’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 Alaska Pacific are $12,110.

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#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$24,287 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized school located in Fairbanks, Alaska that handed out 4 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

UAF also made our “Best Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAF are $24,287, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Psychology at University of Alaska Fairbanks

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$24,496 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate 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 doctorate’s psychology degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UAA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alaska Anchorage are $24,496, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Psychology at UAA

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

Credits

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

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