Alaska Private Colleges and Universities

Independent Colleges and Universities in Alaska

Alaska colleges sometimes fall below the radar because of the great distance that separates them from the rest of the continental United States. However, schools and universities in the "Last Frontier" offer numerous advantages to students, scholars, and teachers alike. Given the population to federal spending ratio, Alaska colleges enjoy a comfortable budget which they use to great advantage. In your first few weeks, you will be amazed by the state-of-the-art facilities, excellent resources, and top-notch faculty. After a few more months there, you will soon realize that the higher education institutions of New England and California have nothing over the academic programs offered in Alaska. But the benefits do not stop there.

Alaska private colleges and universities offer a wide range of education programs with degrees and certificates up to the doctoral level, as well as professional degrees such as law and medicine. These Alaska private schools are diverse in character, academic emphasis, and origins. Some private colleges or schools have a religious affiliation; others are secular. Private colleges and universities may be profit or non-profit institutions. Typically, Alaska independent colleges or private schools give weight to personal characteristics and activities in addition to considering GPA and test scores. While many Alaska private schools are considerably more expensive than comparable state institutions, they also tend to offer more generous financial aid packages. Many students have found the actual out-of-pocket cost to earn a degree from a private college in Alaska to be less than the cost of the state schools to which they were accepted. On the one hand, public colleges are usually less expensive, particularly for in-state residents. They get most of their money from the state or local government. Check out your state's Guide to Residency. Alaska private colleges rely on tuition, fees, endowments, and other private sources of funding. On the other hand, Alaska private colleges are usually smaller and can offer more personalized attention (and some believe, more prestige).

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Alaska Private Colleges and Universities

Alaska has very few private postsecondary institutions, and there is not a state organization for private institutions of postsecondary education. Many proprietary and vocational schools are members of the Alaska Association of Private Career Education.

• Alaska Bible College, Glennallen, AK
• Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage AK