2023 Most Popular Healthcare Associate Degree Schools in Alaska
A healthcare student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Healthcare Associate Degree Schools in Alaska ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Alaska to see which ones were the most popular associate degree programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Healthcare Associate Degree Schools in Alaska
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Our analysis found University of Alaska Anchorage to be the most popular school for healthcare students who want to pursue a associate degree in Alaska. UAA is located in Anchorage, Alaska and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 194 associate degrees to qualified students.
In-state students pay an average of $8,750 in tuition and fees if they attend UAA full time. Out-of-state students pay an average of $25,228. Associate Degree recipients from UAA accumulate an average of $21,255 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 79% of those degree recipients were women.
Some students may be able to take online classes at UAA. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 95% took at least some of their classes online.
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 Healthcare Associate Degree Schools in Alaska list. Fairbanks, Alaska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associate degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at UAF is $9,221. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $25,654. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $18,145 in student loans. Around 72% of those degree recipients were women.
Online 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. In fact, around 90% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
The excellent associate degree programs at University of Alaska Southeast helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular healthcare schools in Alaska. University of Alaska Southeast is a small public school located in Juneau, Alaska that handed out 12 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
Students from Alaska who attend UAS full time pay an average of $8,694 in tuition and fees. Out-of-state students pay an average of $24,950. On average, associate degree students take out $16,696 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
UAS does offer online classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 83% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ilisagvik College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Healthcare Associate Degree Schools in Alaska list. Ilisagvik College is a very small public school located in Barrow, Alaska that handed out 6 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $4,780 to cover tuition and fees at Ilisagvik College. The school does not offer an in-state discount. Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Ilisagvik College does offer online classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 80% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Out of the 5 schools in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, Alaska Christian College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Alaska Christian College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Soldotna, Alaska. The school has a very small population, and it awarded 2 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $8,494 to cover tuition and fees at Alaska Christian College. The school does not offer an in-state discount. Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 5 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.
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