2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts general studies is the 1st most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 492 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,150 and $12,926 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 483 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,350 and $16,973 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts general studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts general studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the liberal arts general studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$7,133 Average Net Price

$27,295 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, this medium-sized public school handed out 61 degrees to qualified associates’s liberal arts students in 2019-2020.

UAF also made our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Alaska” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $7,133 for Alaska Associate Degree Liberal Arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UAF.

Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Alaska Fairbanks

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$9,986 Average Net Price

$28,443 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for an Associate in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 374 associates’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UAA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. It costs about $9,986 for Alaska Associate Degree Liberal Arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UAA.

Full University of Alaska Anchorage Liberal Arts General Studies Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (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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