by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Alaska” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Nursing is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2021-2022, 319,502 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In , nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $70,911 and had an average of $28,318 in loans still to pay off.
Across Alaska, there were 143 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $92,010 and $20,834 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Alaska” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nursing. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in nursing.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Alaska” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Alaska”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Alaska list. UAA is a fairly large school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 142 ’s nursing degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, Alaska Pacific University landed the #2 spot on the list. Alaska Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 1 ’s nursing degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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