2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Anthropology for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Anthropology for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Anthropology is the 75th most popular major in the country with 10,974 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Alaska, there were 27 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,855 and $24,086 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great anthropology programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the anthropology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Anthropology for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Anthropology for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska bachelor’s degree vets studying anthropology.
Top 1 Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Alaska
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Anthropology for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Anchorage, Alaska, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 42 of the 11,953 students enrolled at UAA were GI Bill® students, of which 31 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,609. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UAA offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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