2021 Best Colleges in Alaska for Students from Japan

When pursuing a degree in today's world, international students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Colleges for Japanese Students in Alaska ranking is part of that endeavor.

After analyzing 2 schools in Alaska, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Japanese 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.

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Top Colleges in Alaska for Students from Japan

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 analysis found University of Alaska Fairbanks to be the best school for Japanese students in Alaska in this year’s ranking. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, the medium-sized public school awarded 568 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 2.2% are international. Students from as far away as India, Canada, and China come to UAF to study.

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2

University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, AK

$25,228 Avg Tuition & Fees

1.7% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Japanese students in Alaska list. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large public school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 1,044 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 1.7% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at UAA are Canada, South Korea, and Russia.

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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.