2024 Best Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alaska

There are lots of options to choose from today when trying to decide which school to attend. 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 in Alaska ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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Choosing the Best School for You

After analyzing 3 schools in Alaska, we came up with our list of those that offered the best bachelor's degree programs. To come up with this ranking of the best schools, we look at factors that are all objective measurements. We explain more about what we look at and why we do so below.

Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving a bachelor's degree from the school. That is, everyone wants their degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Student Loan Borrowing

Students may also take on a lot of debt while working on their bachelor's so we factor that into our rankings as well. Upon graduation, bachelor's degree recipients from schools in Alaska have accumulated an average of $24,086 in student debt. The average amount taken out in student loans for graduates at a particular school may be crippling for those who earn less than average wages after graduation.

Additional Ranking Factors We Use

Our Best Bachelor's Degree Schools considers other factors in addition to average post-graduation earnings and average student debt. These factors include things like the educational resources, the demand associated with the school, whether or not the school offers online classes, and the student body caliber - just to name a few.

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Top Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alaska

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

1

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

568 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

$45,456 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,234 Average Student Debt

Our analysis found University of Alaska Fairbanks to be the best school for bachelor’s degrees in Alaska in this year’s ranking. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, the medium-sized public school handed out 568 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Upon graduation, bachelor’s degree recipients go on to jobs making an average salary of $45,456 during the early years of their career. The average amount of student debt accumulated by bachelor’s students is $25,234.

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2

University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

1,044 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

$46,309 Average Early-Career Earnings

$23,572 Average Student Debt

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Alaska Anchorage helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Alaska. UAA is a public institution located in Anchorage, Alaska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1,044 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

During the early years of their career, bachelor’s degree graduates from UAA make an average of $46,309 a year. The average amount of student debt accumulated by bachelor’s students is $23,572.

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3

University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau, Alaska

144 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

$42,633 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,313 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 bachelor’s degree schools in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the #3 spot on the list. UAS is a public institution located in Juneau, Alaska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 144 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Those who receive a bachelor’s degree from UAS go into careers with an average salary of $42,633 during the early years of their career. The average amount of student debt accumulated by bachelor’s students is $24,313.

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Notes and 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%.

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