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Colleges and Universities in Alaska

Alaska has 10 higher education schools within its borders. University of Alaska Fairbanks, the highest-ranked school in AK, has a total student population of 9,137 and is the 441st highest ranked school in the USA. Of the 10 schools in Alaska, the average student population is 3,367 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 13 to 1. There are 486 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,905 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,464, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Of the 10 schools in Alaska, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Alaska Pacific University comes out as the most expensive ($25,281/yr), with Ilisagvik College as the lowest recorded at only $2,008/yr.

• Outsiders first discovered Alaska in 1741 when Danish explorer Vitus Jonassen Bering sighted it on a voyage from Siberia.
• Russian whalers and fur traders on Kodiak Island established the first settlement in Alaska in 1784.
• In 1867 United States Secretary of State William H. Seward offered Russia $7,200,000, or two cents per acre, for Alaska.
• On October 18, 1867 Alaska officially became the property of the United States. Many Americans called the purchase "Seward's Folly."
• Joe Juneau's 1880 discovery of gold ushered in the gold rush era.

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