2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Alaska

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Civil Engineering is the 50th most popular major in the country with 21,388 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, civil engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $63,364 and had an average of $24,364 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 54 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,674 and $45,587 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,855 and $24,086 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful civil engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Alaska

1

University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

#1 overall quality in Alaska

$55,504 Average Early-Career Earnings

$45,587 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #1 spot on the list. UAA is a public institution located in Anchorage, Alaska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Civil Engineering at University of Alaska Anchorage

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University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 overall quality in Alaska

$67,843 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #2 spot on the list. UAF is a public institution located in Fairbanks, Alaska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Alaska Fairbanks

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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