2023 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges for Veterans in Alaska
2
Ranked Colleges
418
Degrees Awarded
$32,200
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Liberal Arts” ranking.
Liberal Arts General Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 1st of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 556,813 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,337 and had an average of $17,430 in loans still to pay off.
Across Alaska, there were 418 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,109 and $16,076 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Liberal Arts” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts general studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts general studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts general studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Liberal Arts
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Liberal Arts”.
Top 2 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges for Veterans in Alaska
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Liberal Arts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #1 spot on the list. Anchorage, Alaska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s liberal arts degrees to 284 students in 2020-2021.
UAA also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Our most recent data shows that 42 of the 11,953 students enrolled at University of Alaska Anchorage were GI Bill® students, of which 31 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,609. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Alaska for Liberal Arts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Fairbanks, Alaska, and it awarded 85 ’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
UAF also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].According to our most recent data, UAF supports 6,813 students, and 665 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 417 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,685. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UAF offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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