Art Schools in Alaska

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

Of the 4 art 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 Ilisagvik College as the lowest recorded at only $2,008/yr.

Art students from Alaska schools who go on to become artists, animators, animation designers, animation artists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 8,900 people working as fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $50,630. Also, Craft artists make on average $33,070 per year and there are about 5,380 of them employed in the US today.

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

Art Programs in Alaska

• Art Teacher Education

  Levels offered: Certificate

• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching

  Levels offered: Associates

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

• Culinary Arts/Chef Training

  Levels offered: Associates

• Geology/Earth Science, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Art/Art Studies, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

• Culinary Arts/Chef Training

  Levels offered: Associates

• Geology/Earth Science, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

• Art/Art Studies, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Design and Applied Arts, Other

  Levels offered: Associates

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  Levels offered: Associates

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

  Levels offered: Associates

• Visual and performing arts

• Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Art/Art Studies, 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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