2023 Most Popular 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. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Associate Degree Trade Schools in Alaska to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Alaska to see which associate degree programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Trade 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. This fairly large public school is located in Anchorage, Alaska, and it awarded 581 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
Students from Alaska who attend UAA full time pay an average of $7,508 in tuition and fees. Out-of-state students pay an average of $21,635. On average, associate degree students take out $18,349 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 64% were women.
Online courses are available at UAA, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 87% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
The excellent associate degree programs at University of Alaska Fairbanks helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in Alaska. UAF is located in Fairbanks, Alaska and has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 226 associate degrees to qualified students.
Students from Alaska who attend UAF full time pay an average of $9,612 in tuition and fees. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $26,073. Associate Degree recipients from UAF accumulate an average of $22,197 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 62% were women.
Online courses are available at UAF, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2020-2021 about 79% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent associate degree programs at University of Alaska Southeast helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in Alaska. UAS is a small public school situated in Juneau, Alaska. 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. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $25,041. Associate Degree recipients from UAS accumulate an average of $15,188 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 65% of those degree recipients were women.
One thing to take note of is that UAS does offer online classes in some areas. During the 2020-2021 year, about 68% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent associate degree programs at Ilisagvik College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in Alaska. Barrow, Alaska is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associate degrees to 15 students in 2021-2022.
Ilisagvik College does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $5,260. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. Of those students who received their degree, 73% were women.
Online courses are available at Ilisagvik College, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 86% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 4 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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