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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.
Most Popular Trade Associate Degree Schools in Alaska
Learn more about these popular schools below:
Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Anchorage the most popular school in Alaska for trade school students working on their associate degree. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large public school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 581 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
In-state students pay an average of $7,508 in tuition and fees if they attend UAA full time. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $21,635. Associate Degree recipients from UAA accumulate an average of $18,349 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 64% of those degree recipients were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at UAA. During the 2020-2021 year, about 87% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Associate Degree Trade Schools in Alaska list. 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. If you are from out of state, expect to 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.
UAF does offer online classes for certain degree levels. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 79% took at least some of their classes online.
Out of the 4 schools in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the # 3 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.
In-state students pay an average of $8,726 in tuition and fees if they attend UAS full time. Out-of-state students 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.
UAS does offer online classes for certain degree levels. During the 2020-2021 year, about 68% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Out of the 4 schools in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, Ilisagvik College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Ilisagvik College is a very small public school located in Barrow, Alaska that handed out 15 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $5,260 to cover tuition and fees at Ilisagvik College. The school does not offer an in-state discount. Of those students who received their degree, 73% were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at Ilisagvik College. 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.