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2023 Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Alaska
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. As online education opportunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Alaska ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Alaska to see which ones had the most popular online associate degree programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
Most Popular Online Trade School Associate Degree Schools in Alaska
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Anchorage the most popular school in Alaska for trade school students working on their associate degree. UAA is a fairly large public school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 581 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at UAA is $7,508. Out-of-state students pay an average of $21,635. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $18,349 in student loans. Around 64% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 87% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the # 2 spot on the list. UAS is located in Juneau, Alaska and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 81 associate degrees to qualified students.
Students from Alaska who attend UAS full time pay an average of $8,726 in tuition and fees. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $25,041. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $15,188 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 65% were women.
In 2020-2021 about 68% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages 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.