2021 Best Colleges in Alaska for Students from China

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Chinese Students in Alaska ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alaska to determine which ones were the best for Chinese students in Alaska. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall quality and the total number of international students at the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another.

Learn more about our ranking methodology.

Customizing Your List

We know that one set of rankings doesn't always help you determine the best school for you, so we've created the ability to narrow your list by location as well as alternative rankings that prioritize different factors such as those of importance to online students or returning adults or those who value diversity and value for your money.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you're torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Top Colleges in Alaska for Students from China

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK

$25,654 Avg Tuition & Fees

2.2% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named University of Alaska Fairbanks the best school for Chinese students in Alaska working on their bachelor’s degree. UAF is located in Fairbanks, Alaska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 568 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

Around 2.2% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at UAF are India, Canada, and China.

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2

University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, AK

$25,228 Avg Tuition & Fees

1.7% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. UAA is located in Anchorage, Alaska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1,044 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

Of the total number of students at the school, 1.7% are international. Students from as far away as Canada, South Korea, and Russia come to UAA to study.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.