2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Biology (Income $0-$30k) in Alaska

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Biology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 102,043 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, general biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,233 and had an average of $23,964 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 90 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,400 and $19,355 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 70 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,942 and $21,197 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general biology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general biology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general biology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska bachelor’s degree biology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Biology (Income $0-$30k) in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$7,133 Average Net Price

$26,353 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Fairbanks, Alaska, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s biology degrees in 2019-2020.

UAF also made our “Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $7,133 for alaska bachelor’s degree biology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UAF.

Read more about General Biology at UAF

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$9,986 Average Net Price

$23,649 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s 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. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, this fairly large public school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s biology students in 2019-2020.

UAA also made our “Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend UAA is $9,986 for alaska bachelor’s degree biology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full University of Alaska Anchorage General Biology Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Biology (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Biology (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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