2023 Most Popular Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alaska

There are so many nursing programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular 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. This report analyzed 2 schools in Alaska to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree programs for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.

Most Popular Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alaska

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#1

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

157 Total Awards

$8,750 Average Tuition & Fees

$25,246 Avg Student Debt

Our analysis found University of Alaska Anchorage to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Alaska. UAA is a public institution located in Anchorage, Alaska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 157 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students from Alaska who attend UAA full time pay an average of $8,750 in tuition and fees. Out-of-state students pay an average of $25,228. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $25,246 in student loans. Around 79% of those degree recipients were women.

Some students may be able to take online classes at UAA. In 2019-2020 about 95% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#2

Alaska Pacific University

Anchorage, Alaska

3 Total Awards

$20,760 Average Tuition & Fees

$23,920 Avg Student Debt

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Alaska Pacific University is a great place for nursing students working on their bachelor’s degree. Alaska Pacific is a very small private not-for-profit school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 3 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $23,920 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at Alaska Pacific. During the 2019-2020 year, about 99% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.

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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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