2022 Best Value Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Alaska

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 155,377 visual and performing arts students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,427 and had an average of $28,377 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 69 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,500 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in visual and performing arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent visual and performing arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$7,133 Average Net Price

$40,388 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. Fairbanks, Alaska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s visual and performing arts degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

UAF also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Alaska” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks is $7,133 for alaska visual & performing arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Alaska Fairbanks

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$9,986 Average Net Price

$49,683 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #2 spot on the list. UAA is located in Anchorage, Alaska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 47 ’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Alaska” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UAA is $9,986 for alaska visual & performing arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Alaska Anchorage

• Best Value Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $0-$30k)

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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