2023 Best Master's Degree 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Master's Degree Schools in Alaska ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Alaska to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students.

View our full ranking methodology.

Top Master's Degree Schools in Alaska

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of Alaska Southeast

Juneau, Alaska

$12,318 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Alaska Southeast to be the best school for students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Alaska.

UAS does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 91% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

Full University of Alaska Southeast 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 Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska list.

Depending on your major, you may be able 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.

Read full report on University of Alaska Anchorage

#3

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

$12,958 Average Tuition & Fees

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

One thing to take note of is that UAF does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 87% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Full University of Alaska Fairbanks 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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