Alaska Trade Schools
In terms of yearly trade school graduations, Alaska is ranked #50 in the country with 1,237 degrees handed out in 2019. Alaska colleges offer students average in-student tuition of $6,154 per year, while students attending fron out-of-state may pay something more like $18,957 per year.
About 36% of students who go to college in this state take out loans, with the average yearly loan amount being $6,206 per year.
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The total student population at University of Alaska Anchorage is 14,644, of which 13,885 students are undergraduates and of those, 6,451 are full-time. The school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 15 to 1.
The school doesn’t accept everyone who applies - it has an acceptance rate of 83%. Of the accepted students, 44% are men and 56% are women.
Roughly 27% of students at UAA take out loans to pay for college. The average amount of student loans is $5,535 a year. This school’s student loan default rate of 10.5% is close to the national average of 10.8%.
A typical bachelor’s-degree holder from this school earns an average of $36,000 during the early-career years.
There are 7,404 students at UAF in total, 6,429 of which are undergraduates, and of those, 2,783 are full-time. The school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 11 to 1.
The school doesn’t accept everyone who applies - it has an acceptance rate of 77%. Of the accepted students, 45% are men and 55% are women.
Approximately 31% of the students who attend this school take out loans. The average amount of student loans is $6,851 a year. This school’s student loan default rate of 10.7% is close to the national average of 10.8%.
Students who graduate from UAF with a bachelor’s degree make an average of $30,700 during the early years of their career after graduation.
The total student population at Alaska Career College is 415, which includes 415 full-time undergraduates. The school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 16 to 1.
Approximately 75% of the students who attend this school take out loans. The typical student loan amount is $6,260 a year. Students should know that the student default rate at this school is 18.6% which is higher than the national average of 10.8%.
A typical bachelor’s-degree holder from this school earns an average of $25,300 during the early-career years.
There are 855 students at AVTEC in total, 135 are full-time undergraduates. The school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 15 to 1.
20% of AVTEC students take out loans to afford college costs. The average amount of student loans is $6,888 a year. AVTEC has a 7.2% student default rate. This is excellent when you compare it to the national rate of 10.8%.
The early-career average earnings of bachelor’s-degree holders from AVTEC is $37,400.
The total student population at University of Alaska Southeast is 2,266, of which 2,010 students are undergraduates and of those, 644 are full-time. For undergraduates at UAS, the average graduation time is 4.6 years.
About 71% of students who apply get accepted. Of the accepted students, 43% are men and 57% are women.
29% of UAS students take out loans to afford college costs. The average amount of student loans is $5,494 a year. This school’s student loan default rate of 9.8% is close to the national average of 10.8%.
A typical bachelor’s-degree holder from this school earns an average of $31,500 during the early-career years.
There are 335 students at Ilisagvik College in total, 84 are full-time undergraduates. The school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1.
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