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215 Signers' Hall, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-7480
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3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99508
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1415 E Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99507-1033
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11120 Glacier Highway, Juneau, Alaska 99801-8697
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2221 E Northern Lights Blvd Ste 120, Anchorage, Alaska 99508
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303 Lowe Street, Valdez, Alaska 99686
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Engineering Schools in Alaska

Alaska contains six schools that offer engineering programs. University of Alaska Fairbanks, the highest-ranking engineering school in AK, has a total student population of 9,137 and is the 441st highest ranked school in America.

Of the 6 engineering schools in Alaska, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Charter College comes out as the most expensive ($18,163/yr), with Prince William Sound Community College as the lowest recorded at only $7,010/yr.

Engineering students from Alaska schools who go on to become engineers, audio engineers, aerospace engineers, automotive engineers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 2,412,730 people working as architecture and engineering employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $73,590. Also, Aerospace engineers make on average $96,270 per year and there are about 70,570 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Alaska alone, there are 40 employed aerospace engineers earning an average yearly salary of $66,170. Architecture and engineering employees in this state earn $91,530/yr and there are 8,630 employed.

Also, within the engineering schools in Alaska, the average student population is 3,367 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 13 to 1. Aside from engineering, 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.

Engineering Programs in Alaska


University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • Engineering
    Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
  • Civil Engineering, General
    Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
  • Computer Engineering, General
    Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
  • Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
    Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
  • Engineering, General
    Levels offered: PhD
  • Engineering, Other
    Levels offered: Masters
  • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
    Levels offered: Masters
  • Geological/Geophysical Engineering
    Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
  • Mechanical Engineering
    Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
  • Mining and Mineral Engineering
    Levels offered: Masters
  • Petroleum Engineering
    Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
  • Engineering technologies/technicians
    Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors, Masters
  • Engineering/Industrial Management
    Levels offered: Masters
University of Alaska Anchorage
  • Engineering
    Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors, Masters
  • Civil Engineering, General
    Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
  • Engineering, General
    Levels offered: Bachelors
  • Engineering, Other
    Levels offered: Associates, Masters
  • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
    Levels offered: Masters
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Engineering technologies/technicians
    Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors, Masters
  • Architectural Engineering Technology/Technician
    Levels offered: Associates
  • Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD
  • Computer Engineering Technology/Technician
    Levels offered: Associates
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other
    Levels offered: Associates
  • Engineering/Industrial Management
    Levels offered: Masters
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician
University of Alaska Southeast
  • Engineering technologies/technicians
Charter College
  • Engineering technologies/technicians
    Levels offered: Associates
Prince William Sound Community College
  • Engineering technologies/technicians
    Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Alaska Interesting Facts

  • 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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