Private for-profit · Community college

Alaska Career College

Anchorage, Alaska · Large city

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Transfer rate: $20,150
Avg net price: 69%
Grad / completion: $34,468
Median earnings

Alaska Career College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Anchorage, Alaska (large city setting), enrolling 250 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 250 undergradsLarge cityCold wintersSnowyNear the coast

About Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage, officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska. Archaeological evidence discovered at Beluga Point just south of Anchorage, along the Turnagain Arm, suggests that habitation of the Cook Inlet began 5,000 years ago by a group of Alutiiq people who arrived by kayak. Anchorage's largest economic sectors include transportation, military, municipal, state and federal government, tourism, corporate headquarters (including regional headquarters for multinational corporations) and resource extraction. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 3 miles to Anchorage, AK
To the ocean: 3 miles
Nearest airport: 2 miles to Merrill Field (MRI)

How Alaska Career College compares

Graduation rate69%

Higher than 60% · #2 of 7 in Alaska

First-year retention76%

Higher than 56%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$34,468

Higher than 47% · #6 of 7 in Alaska

Average net price$20,150

Cheaper than 32% · #5 cheapest of 7 in Alaska

Median debt at graduation$7,377

Lower than 81%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment250

Larger than 49%

Percentiles compare Alaska Career College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Alaska.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women20682%
Men4418%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White25%
Black10%
Hispanic7.2%
Asian16%
Other or multiracial42%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 250
Student–faculty ratio: 16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 40%
First-generation students: 48%
Students over 25: 73%
Median family income: $23,114
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $33,903

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $20,150

Outcomes

Graduated: 69%
First-year retention: 76%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $35,863
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $34,468
Median debt at graduation: $7,377
Students with federal loans: 27%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 46%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$19,657

$30–48k

$21,231

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$500

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 1% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $500. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 273 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $34,468
Typical debt at graduation: $7,377
Debt vs. one year's pay: 21%
Out-earn a HS grad: 46%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.1 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$34,582

Men

$33,763

Women out-earn men by $819 (2%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 68°F
Winter low: 8°F
Annual rain: 14.2″
Annual snow: 76.9″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Anchorage Merrill Fld, AK US station (2.5 mi from campus).

What Alaska Career College graduates study — and earn

Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

46 grads$36k 1 yr$37k 5 yr$9k debt

46$35,629$36,820$9,311 Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesCert.

40 grads$35k 1 yr$33k 5 yr$10k debt

40$35,057$33,184$9,500 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

28 grads$36k 1 yr$39k 5 yr$6k debt

28$36,311$39,454$6,269 Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCert.

17 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

17———Accounting and Related ServicesAssoc.

10 grads$43k 1 yr$46k 5 yr$20k debt

10$42,749$46,399$20,000 Human Resources Management and ServicesAssoc.

9 grads$37k 1 yr— 5 yr$20k debt

9$36,546—$20,000 Business Administration, Management and OperationsCert.

7 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

7———Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherCert.

— grads— 1 yr$29k 5 yr— debt

——$28,976—Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherAssoc.

— grads— 1 yr$37k 5 yr— debt

——$37,149—

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.