2023 Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Alaska for a Master’s

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Alaska for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Social Sciences is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 205,984 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,262 and had an average of $23,306 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 113 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,543 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,425 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Alaska for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in social sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful social sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Alaska for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska master’s degree social sciences students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in Alaska

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University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

#1 overall quality in Alaska

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Alaska for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, this fairly large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UAA Social Sciences Report

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University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 overall quality in Alaska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Alaska for a Master’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Fairbanks, Alaska, and it awarded 1 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Social Sciences at University of Alaska Fairbanks

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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.

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