2023 Most Popular Colleges for Liberal Arts in Alaska

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Alaska” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 366,996 liberal arts students received their degree, making the major the 2nd most popular in the country.

Across Alaska, there were 411 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Alaska” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts. To top this list, a school must have a successful liberal arts program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Alaska

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Alaska”.

Top 5 Most Popular Colleges for Liberal Arts in Alaska

1

University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

#1 overall quality in Alaska

$49,843 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,309 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Alaska. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, this fairly large public school handed out 284 diplomas to qualified ’s liberal studies students 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 Liberal Arts at University of Alaska Anchorage

2

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 overall quality in Alaska

$45,077 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,561 Average Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is located in Fairbanks, Alaska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 85 ’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Liberal Arts at University of Alaska Fairbanks

3

University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau, Alaska

#3 overall quality in Alaska

$54,280 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,743 Average Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Juneau, Alaska, this small public school handed out 31 diplomas to qualified ’s liberal studies students in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full University of Alaska Southeast Liberal Arts Report

4

Alaska Pacific University
Anchorage, Alaska

$70,068 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alaska Pacific University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Alaska. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified ’s liberal studies students in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Alaska Pacific Liberal Arts Report

5

Ilisagvik College
Barrow, Alaska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ilisagvik College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Alaska list. Barrow, Alaska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s liberal studies degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at Ilisagvik College

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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.