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Alaska Colleges' Retention Rate

What is the Average Retention Rate in Alaska?

The retention rate is the percentage of first-time students who attend and continue their study in next year at colleges. The low retention rate means that more students transfer out to or stop/pause the program at a school. In general, high ranked colleges or special purpose colleges' retention rate is higher than others.
The average retention rate of Alaska colleges is 66.13% for full-time students and 57.17% for part-time students. 888 out of 1,283 full-time first-year students continued their study in next year at Alaska colleges. In public Alaska colleges, the retention rate is 72% and private schools' rate is 57% By school levels, the retention rate at four-years colleges is 62% and community colleges' rate is 68% in Alaska.
The following table summarizes the average retention rate in Alaska by school type and level.
The Average Retention Rate In Alaska
TotalPublicPrivate (not-for-profit)Private (for-profit)
Total66.13%71.50%56.67%73.00%
4 Years Colleges61.60%67.00%53.50%-
Community Colleges68.00%-63.00%73.00%
Trade Schools85.00%85.00%--
The following table summarizes the retention rate and number of students by attending status for Alaska collegesNumbers in parentheses in each column indicate the number of students in the corresponding category.
Retention Rate by Attending Status at Alaska colleges
Retention RateFirst-time StudentsEnrolled in Next Year
Full-time66.13%1,283888
Part-time57.17%367215
The following table shows the Alaska Colleges. You can see more schools and narrow down the results in search result page.
Alaska Colleges
School NameLocationTuition & FeesEnrollmentAcceptance RateGraduation Rate
University of Alaska Anchorage
Public, four-years
Anchorage, AK $21,693 ($7,566) 10,464 65.32% 29%
Alaska Bible College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Palmer, AK $10,930 39 - 50%
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Public, four-years
Fairbanks, AK $22,752 ($8,640) 6,607 - 38%
University of Alaska Southeast
Public, four-years
Juneau, AK $21,096 ($6,960) 1,923 62.66% 24%
Alaska Pacific University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Anchorage, AK $20,760 595 99.31% 36%
Alaska Vocational Technical Center
Public, less than 2-years
Seward, AK $4,736 ($4,736) 202 - -
Alaska Career College
Private (for-profit), 2-4 years
Anchorage, AK $16,545 268 - 70%
Ilisagvik College
Public, four-years
Barrow, AK $5,260 ($5,260) 179 - 75%
Alaska Christian College
Private (not-for-profit), 2-4 years
Soldotna, AK $9,014 77 - 27%