2023 Best Value Teaching Schools in Alaska

Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Teaching Schools in Alaska ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alaska to see which programs offered the best value experiences for teaching students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top Value Teaching Schools in Alaska

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

129 Total Awards

#1 in Quality in Alaska

$25,654 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Fairbanks the best value school in Alaska for teaching students working on their degree. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized public school located in Fairbanks, Alaska that handed out 129 degrees in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at UAF are $25,654 a year. By the time they get their degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $25,525 in student loans. During the early years of their career, UAF graduates make an average of $45,077 annually.

UAF also made our Best Teaching Schools in Alaska list, coming in at #1.

Full University of Alaska Fairbanks Report

#2

University of Alaska Southeast

Juneau, Alaska

149 Total Awards

#2 in Quality in Alaska

$24,950 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the # 2 spot on the list. UAS is located in Juneau, Alaska and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 149 degrees to qualified students.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UAS are $24,950 per year. By the time they get their degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $22,811 in student loans. Once they receive their degree, UAS graduates enter the workforce, making an average salary of $54,280 during the early year of their career.

UAS did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Teaching Schools in Alaska list.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 2 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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