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

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

581 Total Awards

$7,508 Average Tuition & Fees

$18,349 Avg Student Debt

Our analysis found University of Alaska Anchorage to be the most popular school for trade school students who want to pursue a associate degree in Alaska. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large public school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 581 associate degrees in 2021-2022.

Students from Alaska who attend UAA full time pay an average of $7,508 in tuition and fees. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $21,635. On average, associate degree students take out $18,349 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 64% of those degree recipients were women.

During the 2020-2021 year, about 87% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.

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#2

University of Alaska Southeast

Juneau, Alaska

81 Total Awards

$8,726 Average Tuition & Fees

$15,188 Avg Student Debt

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 a public institution located in Juneau, Alaska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 81 associate degrees in 2021-2022.

In-state students pay an average of $8,726 in tuition and fees if they attend UAS full time. 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.

Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 68% took at least some of their classes online.

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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.

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