2024 Best Schools for the Money (With Aid) in Alaska for Associate Degrees

When pursuing a degree in today's world, there are many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our Best Associate Degree Colleges for the Money (With Aid) in Alaska ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard. A school that typically has a high sticker price may actually be very affordable, depending on how much need-based financial aid you receive.

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Finding Your Best College Match

After analyzing 3 schools in Alaska, we came up with our list of those that offered the best value Associate Degree programs. Instead of depending on subjective information to rank the best value schools, we focus on objective factors in our analysis. We explain more about what we look at and why we do so below.

Our Methodology

To calculate the value of a school in our Best Associate Degree Colleges for the Money (With Aid) in Alaska ranking, we first consider its average net price, which is the sum of room and board, tuition, and fees minus any financial aid that that the student receives. But, a school that excels in providing value for your money must also be a great school overall as well.

To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

We go into more detail on these factors on our best value ranking methodology page.

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Want to see the list of best value schools for families with specific income levels or whether or not aid is being applied? Click on one of the tiles above. You may also want to narrow this list by location to find the best value schools nearest you. Also, you may want to check out our other college rankings.

If you know what major you want to study, check out our list of the best value schools by major. If you're interested in other degree levels, you can view one of the lists below.

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for the Money (With Aid) in Alaska
• Best Master’s Degree Colleges for the Money (With Aid) in Alaska
• Best Doctor’s Degree Colleges for the Money (With Aid) in Alaska

Best Value Associate Degree Schools (With Aid) in Alaska

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

1

University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau, Alaska

#2 Quality Rank in AK

$7,428 Average Net Price (With Aid)

60% Discount Rate

University of Alaska Southeast tops this year’s ranking as the best value (with aid) school for associate degrees in Alaska for overall quality. UAS is a public institution located in Juneau, Alaska.

University of Alaska Southeast has the honor of being ranked #2 in Alaska for overall quality on top of being a good value. The average net price of the school for those who receive financial aid is about $7,428 a year.

Full University of Alaska Southeast Value Report

2

University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

#1 Quality Rank in AK

$12,816 Average Net Price (With Aid)

40% Discount Rate

A rank of #2 on our Best Associate Degree Colleges for the Money (With Aid) 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.

University of Alaska Anchorage has the honor of being ranked #1 in Alaska for overall quality on top of being a good value. For those students who receive financial aid, the yearly average net price of the school is around $12,816.

Full University of Alaska Anchorage Value Report

3

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

#3 Quality Rank in AK

$9,379 Average Net Price (With Aid)

53% Discount Rate

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #3 on our 2024 Best Associate Degree Colleges for the Money (With Aid) in Alaska list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized public school located in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Not only is University of Alaska Fairbanks a great value, but it is also ranked #3 in Alaska for overall quality. For those students who receive financial aid, the yearly average net price of the school is around $9,379.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

• 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.