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Alaska Nursing Colleges

2 Colleges
$53,084 Avg 4-Year Tuition (In-State)
$23,628 Avg 4-Year Student Loan

In terms of yearly nursing graduations, Alaska is ranked #52 in the country with 177 degrees handed out in 2021. Students who live in the state can take advantage of in-state tuition averaging $13,271 a year, while students from out-of-state may pay a higher average tuition of $20,063 a year.

About 29% of students who go to college in this state take out loans, with the average yearly loan amount being $5,907 per year.

Learn more about the most popular schools below:

#1

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska
Public Public vs. Private
$7,508 Yearly Tuition & Fees (In-State
20% Freshmen Loans

There are 11,953 students at UAA in total, 11,323 of which are undergraduates, and of those, 4,721 are full-time. The average graduation time for an undergraduate student at UAA is 4.9 years.

About 69% of students who apply get accepted. Of the accepted students, 42% are men and 58% are women.

Roughly 20% of students at UAA take out loans to pay for college. The typical student loan amount is $5,628 a year. The student loan default rate of 0.8% means most graduates are not struggling to pay off their loans.

The early-career average earnings of bachelor’s-degree holders from UAA is $39,588.

#2

Alaska Pacific University

Anchorage, Alaska
Private not-for-profit Public vs. Private
$20,760 Yearly Tuition & Fees (In-State
37% Freshmen Loans

There are 493 students at Alaska Pacific in total, 312 of which are undergraduates, and of those, 247 are full-time. For undergraduates at Alaska Pacific, the average graduation time is 4.2 years.

Around 96% of students who apply get accepted. Of the accepted students, 23% are men and 77% are women.

Approximately 37% of the students who attend this school take out loans. The average amount of student loans is $6,186 a year. Alaska Pacific has a 0.9% student default rate. This is excellent when you compare it to the national rate of 10.8%.

A typical bachelor’s-degree holder from this school earns an average of $39,274 during the early-career years.

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