2023 Best Value Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alaska
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in Alaska with 177 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 to be a better alternative for you.
The Best Value Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alaska ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree School
Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Anchorage the best value school in Alaska for nursing students working on their bachelor’s degree. UAA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Anchorage.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UAA are $8,750 per year. Nursing majors at UAA take out an average of $29,974 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UAA is ranked #1 for overall quality for nursing in Alaska.
Read full report on Nursing at University of Alaska Anchorage
Request InformationBest Value Nursing Colleges in the Far Western US Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Washington | 3,851 |
California | 18,329 |
Nevada | 2,015 |
Hawaii | 535 |
Oregon | 1,502 |
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Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These values are for the top school only.
- 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 the rest 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).
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