List of colleges and universities in Alaska
(Redirected from Higher education in Alaska)
This is a list of colleges and universities in Alaska. This list also includes other educational institutions providing higher education, meaning tertiary, quaternary, and, in some cases, post-secondary education.
Institutions
[edit]Four-year Institutions
[edit]| School | Location | Control | Carnegie Classification | Enrollment (2016)[1] |
Founded[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alaska Anchorage | Anchorage | Public | Doctoral university | 14,004 | 1954 |
| University of Alaska Fairbanks | Fairbanks | Public | Doctoral university | 9,330 | 1917 |
| University of Alaska Southeast | Juneau | Public | Master's university | 3,458 | 1972 |
| Alaska Bible College | Palmer | Private (Not For Profit) | Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges | 81 | 1966 |
| Alaska Pacific University | Anchorage | Private (Not For Profit) | Masters University | 502 | 1957 |
| Saint Herman Theological Seminary | Kodiak | Private (Not For Profit) | Faith-related Institution | 1972 | |
| Wayland Baptist University | Anchorage | Private (Not For Profit) | Masters University | 4,503 | 1908 |
Two-year institutions
[edit]Public
[edit]- Iḷisaġvik College, tribal community college in Utqiaġvik
- Kenai Peninsula College,[3] community college with campuses in Soldotna, Homer, Seward
- Kodiak College, community college in Kodiak
- Matanuska–Susitna College, community college in Palmer
- Prince William Sound College, community college in Valdez
Private
[edit]- Alaska Career College, for-profit vocational school in Anchorage
- Charter College,[4] for-profit associate's college in Anchorage
- Outer Coast College, forthcoming, in Sitka
See also
[edit]
- List of college athletic programs in Alaska
- Higher education in the United States
- List of American institutions of higher education
- List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
- List of colleges and universities
- List of colleges and universities by country
Notes
[edit]- ^ Enrollment is the total enrollment as reported by IPEDS for fall 2016.
- ^ U.S. News & World Report. "America's Best Colleges 2008". Retrieved 2007-09-29.
- ^ KPC offers a limited number of four-year degrees.
- ^ Charter College also offers several four-year programs.
