2023 Most Popular Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Alaska to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Alaska to see which undergraduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Alaska
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Our 2023 rankings named Alaska Career College the most popular school in Alaska for healthcare students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, the very small private for-profit school handed out 154 undergraduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $10,016 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 90% of those degree recipients were women.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Alaska list. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, the medium-sized public school handed out 51 undergraduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
In-state students pay an average of $9,221 in tuition and fees if they attend UAF full time. Out-of-state students pay an average of $25,654. Of those students who received their degree, 88% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UAF does offer online classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 90% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Out of the 6 schools in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in Juneau, Alaska, the small public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualifed undergraduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Full-time students from Alaska pay an average of $8,694 in tuition and fees if they choose to attend UAS. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $24,950. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $16,119 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 94% were women.
Some students may be able to take online classes at UAS. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 83% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you attend University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Alaska list. UAA is located in Anchorage, Alaska and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 undergraduate certificates to qualified students.
In-state students pay an average of $8,750 in tuition and fees if they attend UAA full time. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $25,228. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from UAA accumulate an average of $10,416 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 80% were women.
UAA does offer online classes for certain degree levels. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 95% took at least some of their classes online.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Ilisagvik College is a great place for healthcare students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in Barrow, Alaska, the very small public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualifed undergraduate certificate students 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 have options available for those who want to take online 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 80% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Alaska Pacific University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Alaska list.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $20,760 to cover tuition and fees at Alaska Pacific. The school does not offer an in-state discount.
Online courses are available at Alaska Pacific, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 99% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 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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