Alaska Career College
For-profit College in Anchorage, AK. Six-year graduation rate 69%. Median 10-year earnings $34,468.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $34,468, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is a strength: 69% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation is $7,377, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.21 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 69% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. Retention of 76% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. A 16:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. At 366 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 366 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $19,670 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $19,657 at $0–30k against $21,231 at $30–48k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 61% of students at an average of $7,831. Federal borrowing reaches 27% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 248 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $19,657 |
| $30–48k | $21,231 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 98 of these 366 students, totalling $663,767 — an average of $6,773 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Anchorage Municipality) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
caution_flag_reason; School may not be able to accept new GI Bill students
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)