2024 Best Schools for the Money (With Aid) in Alaska for Bachelor's Degrees

It's not easy to decide which school to attend when you have so many options available. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our Best Bachelor's Degree Colleges for the Money (With Aid) in Alaska ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard. The amount of financial aid you could receive at various schools, including some with high sticker prices, may surprise you.

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Your Choice of School Matters

We analyzed 3 schools across Alaska to determine which have the best value Bachelor's Degree programs. To come up with this ranking of the best value schools, we look at factors that are all objective measurements. In the next few paragraphs, we'll talk a little about what we use in our analysis and why.

Our Methodology

To calculate the value of a school in our Best Bachelor's Degree Colleges for the Money (With Aid) in Alaska ranking, we first consider its average net price, which is the sum of room and board, tuition, and fees minus any financial aid that that the student receives. But, a school that excels in providing value for your money must also be a great school overall as well.

To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Find out more about our best value ranking methodology.

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Want to see the list of best value schools for families with specific income levels or whether or not aid is being applied? Click on one of the tiles above. If you'd rather work on your degree in a specific area of the country, you might be interested in our rankings by place. Also, you may want to check out our other college rankings.

If you know what major you want to study, check out our list of the best value schools by major. If you're interested in other degree levels, you can view one of the lists below.

• Best Associate Degree Colleges for the Money (With Aid) in Alaska
• Best Master’s Degree Colleges for the Money (With Aid) in Alaska
• Best Doctor’s Degree Colleges for the Money (With Aid) in Alaska

Best Value Bachelor's Degree Schools (With Aid) in Alaska

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

1

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

#1 Quality Rank in AK

$9,379 Average Net Price (With Aid)

53% Discount Rate

Our analysis found University of Alaska Fairbanks to be the best value (with aid) school for bachelor’s degrees in Alaska in this year’s ranking. UAF is a medium-sized public school situated in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Not only is University of Alaska Fairbanks a great value, but it is also ranked #1 in Alaska for overall quality. The average net price of the school for those who receive financial aid is about $9,379 a year.

Read full value report on University of Alaska Fairbanks

2

University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau, Alaska

#3 Quality Rank in AK

$7,428 Average Net Price (With Aid)

60% Discount Rate

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Southeast. It ranked #2 on our 2024 Best Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for the Money (With Aid) in Alaska list. UAS is located in Juneau, Alaska and has a small student population. It is a public school.

University of Alaska Southeast has the honor of being ranked #3 in Alaska for overall quality on top of being a good value. The average net price of the school for those who receive financial aid is about $7,428 a year.

Full University of Alaska Southeast Value Report

3

University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

#2 Quality Rank in AK

$12,816 Average Net Price (With Aid)

40% Discount Rate

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #3 on our 2024 Best Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for the Money (With Aid) in Alaska list. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large public school located in Anchorage, Alaska.

Not only is University of Alaska Anchorage a great value, but it is also ranked #2 in Alaska for overall quality. The average net price of the school for those who receive financial aid is about $12,816 a year.

Learn More About Value at University of Alaska Anchorage

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

• 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.