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2023 Top Alaska Men's D2 Basketball Schools

It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there are so many options available for student athletes. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Colleges for Division II Men's Basketball in Alaska ranking.

After analyzing 2 schools in Alaska, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D2 Men's Basketball athletes in Alaska. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall quality as determined by our Best Colleges ranking and the athletic competitiveness of the school. Thus, in order to rank well, the school must offer a quality education in addition to having a great sports team.

Learn more about our ranking methodology.

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Since one ranking on its own is not enough to give you a complete understanding of your educational options, you can refine this list by location. We've also developed a number of other tools and rankings based on other factors. These other rankings highlight colleges that excel in other factors such as value or diversity as well as schools that excel in serving different groups of students such as online students or returnings adults.

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Top Colleges in Alaska for D2 Men's Basketball athletes in Alaska

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

#4 in Quality in Alaska

$803,468 Team Revenue

$21,635 Avg Tuition & Fees

University of Alaska Anchorage tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D2 Men’s Basketball athletes in Alaska. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large public school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 893 bachelor’s degrees in . The D2 Men’s Basketball team at UAA brought home $803,468 in revenue in a single year. UAA not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #4 on our overall quality list. Read More…

2

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

#3 in Quality in Alaska

$698,870 Team Revenue

$26,073 Avg Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Fairbanks, Alaska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 493 students in . The D2 Men’s Basketball team at UAF made $698,870 in revenue, while incurring $661,937 in expenses. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $36,933. UAF also made our overall quality list, coming in at #3. Read More…

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

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.
• Revenue and expense information comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics Data Analysis (EADA) website.
• The academic progress rate (APR) of each team was made available by the NCAA.
• 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.