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2023 Top Alaska Women's D2 Volleyball Schools

With all of the options student athletes have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Colleges for Division II Women's Volleyball in Alaska ranking is part of that endeavor.

After analyzing 2 schools in Alaska, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D2 Women's Volleyball athletes in Alaska. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall quality and the athletic competitiveness of the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another. So, even if a school has a great team, it won't place well if it is also considered a low quality college or university.

Find out 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 Women's Volleyball 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

$678,707 Team Revenue

$21,635 Avg Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Anchorage the best school for D2 Women’s Volleyball athletes in Alaska working on their bachelor’s degree. UAA is a fairly large public school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 893 bachelor’s degrees in . Speaking financially, the D2 Women’s Volleyball team at UAA took home $678,707 in revenue. UAA also took the #4 spot in our overall quality rankings. Full University of Alaska Anchorage Sports Report

2

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

#3 in Quality in Alaska

$598,214 Team Revenue

$26,073 Avg Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #2 spot on the list. 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 team at UAF took home $598,214 in revenue and paid out $589,304 in expenses in recent times. Thus, the team actually made $8,910, which isn’t bad at all. UAF also took the #3 spot in our overall quality rankings. Read full sports report on University of Alaska Fairbanks

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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.