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Networking Schools
in AK
University of Alaska Anchorage
Charter College
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Networking Schools in Alaska
Alaska contains three schools that offer networking programs. University of Alaska Anchorage, the highest-ranking networking school in AK, has a total student population of 17,276 and is the 511th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 3 networking 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 Ilisagvik College as the lowest recorded at only $2,008/yr.
Networking students from Alaska schools who go on to become network administrators, network engineers, network specialists, network managers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 338,890 people working as network and computer systems administrators alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $70,930. Also, Computer support specialists make on average $47,360 per year and there are about 540,560 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Alaska alone, there are 980 employed computer support specialists earning an average yearly salary of $47,070. Network and computer systems administrators in this state earn $65,990/yr and there are 890 employed.
Also, within the networking schools in Alaska, the average student population is 3,367 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 13 to 1. Aside from networking, 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.
Networking Programs in Alaska
University of Alaska Anchorage
- Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Levels offered: Associates - System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager
- Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Levels offered: Associates - System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager
Levels offered: 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.