Colleges in Alaska

Alaska has 2 private and 3 public 4-year colleges that enroll 50,612 freshman students every year. The average tuition of public colleges is $5,192 (for in-state students) and $17,676 (for out-of-state students). The private colleges charge around $14,450 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2016-2017 academic year, the state of Alaska provided $8,703,736 in financial aid to 2,260 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates, while the colleges themselves awarded $6,604,916 in grant and scholarships to 1,554 students.

Alaska receives less than 1% of the total pell grant allotment from the federal government. In 2016-2017 academic year, 1,306 4-year colleges freshmen were awarded a total amount of $5,349,186 in pell grant ($4,458 per student on average) and 1,158 students received a total amount of $5,623,298 in the form of student loan from the federal government ($5,188 per student on average).