2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for 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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alaska” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 195,678 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,611 and had an average of $25,989 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 133 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,246 and $26,363 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alaska” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in psychology. That schools that top this list have a program in psychology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alaska”.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alaska

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alaska”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychology in Alaska

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Alaska Pacific University
Anchorage, Alaska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alaska Pacific University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alaska list. Alaska Pacific is located in Anchorage, Alaska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s psychology degrees to qualified students.

The impressive undergraduate 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 more about Psychology at Alaska Pacific University

2

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 overall quality in Alaska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alaska. UAF is a public institution located in Fairbanks, Alaska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full UAF Psychology Report

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University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

#1 overall quality in Alaska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Alaska. University of Alaska Anchorage is a public institution located in Anchorage, Alaska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Psychology at University of Alaska Anchorage

• Most Focused Doctor’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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.