2023 Best Schools in Alaska

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Schools in Alaska ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Alaska to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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Top Schools in Alaska

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of Alaska Southeast

Juneau, Alaska

Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Southeast the best school in Alaska for students working on their degree.

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#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Schools in Alaska list.

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#3

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

Out of the 3 schools in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the # 3 spot on the list.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

References

• 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 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%.

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