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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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History Schools in Alaska

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

Of the 2 history schools in Alaska, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Alaska Anchorage comes out as the most expensive ($12,399/yr), with University of Alaska Fairbanks as the lowest recorded at only $11,713/yr.

History students from Alaska schools who go on to become historians, art history teachers, professor of histories, art history professors, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 21,810 people working as history teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $69,280. Also, Museum technicians and conservators make on average $41,330 per year and there are about 10,170 of them employed in the US today.

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

History Programs in Alaska


University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • History
    Levels offered: Bachelors
  • History, General
    Levels offered: Bachelors
University of Alaska Anchorage
  • History
    Levels offered: Bachelors
  • History, General
    Levels offered: Bachelors

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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