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2023 Best Nursing Schools in Alaska

1 College
$92,010 Avg Salary
$26,312 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Nursing School for You

With 17 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, nursing is the #14 most popular major in Alaska.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Nursing Schools in Alaska ranking. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in Alaska to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

View our full ranking methodology.

The following school tops our list of the Best Nursing Colleges.

Best Nursing School

Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Anchorage the best school in Alaska for nursing students. UAA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Anchorage.

Read full report on Nursing at University of Alaska Anchorage

Best Nursing Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Nursing Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 3,819
Washington 561
Oregon 69
Nevada 211
Hawaii 46

Nursing is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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