2023 Best Graduate Certificate 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Alaska to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Alaska to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

View our full ranking methodology.

Top Graduate Certificate Schools in Alaska

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

$12,958 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Alaska Fairbanks to be the best school for students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Alaska.

Online graduate 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. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 87% took at least some of their classes online.

Full University of Alaska Fairbanks Report

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

$12,148 Average Tuition & Fees

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

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UAA. During the 2019-2020 year, about 92% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

Full University of Alaska Anchorage Report

#3

University of Alaska Southeast

Juneau, Alaska

$12,318 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Alaska Southeast helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Alaska.

UAS does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 91% took at least some of their classes online.

Full University of Alaska Southeast Report

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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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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