by our College Data Analytics TeamWith all of the options you have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take when you want to pursue a degree. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Master's Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $30-$48k) in Alaska ranking is part of that endeavor. You may be surprised that some normally high-priced schools offer very generous financial aid packages to those who qualify.
In This Year's Value Report:
We analyzed 3 schools across Alaska to determine which have the best value Master's Degree programs. Our ranking methodology focuses on different objective factors to make this determination of the best value schools. We explain more about what we look at and why we do so below.
To calculate the value of a school in our Best Master's Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $30-$48k) in Alaska ranking, we first consider its average net price of students from families making $30-$48k a year. The net price is the sum of room and board, tuition, and fees minus any financial aid that that the student receives. In addition, the overall quality of a school is important to ensure a good education, not just how much it costs.
To make it into this list a school must offer a quality education like the schools in our Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considers factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
We go into more detail on these factors on our best value ranking methodology page.
You can scroll down to see the top schools for this ranking, but you may also want to view some of the other ranking methods listed below.
Know what field you want to major in? Make sure you check out our best value schools by major. In addition, you can select one of the links below to see the best value colleges for other degree levels.
Learn more about these excellent schools below:
Our analysis found University of Alaska Southeast to be the best value (income $30-$48k) school for master’s degrees in Alaska in this year’s ranking. University of Alaska Southeast is a small public school located in Juneau, Alaska.
Not only is University of Alaska Southeast a great value, but it is also ranked #2 in Alaska for overall quality.
Out of the 3 master’s degree schools in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized public school is located in Fairbanks, Alaska.
University of Alaska Fairbanks has the honor of being ranked #3 in Alaska for overall quality on top of being a good value.
A rank of #3 on our Best Master’s Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $30-$48k) in Alaska list means University of Alaska Anchorage is a great place for students working on their degree. Anchorage, Alaska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. It is a public school.
In addition to being included on this ranking as a good value, University of Alaska Anchorage is ranked #1 for quality in the state of Alaska.
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Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.
More about our data sources and methodologies.