Program Payoff

Trade and allied-health programs in Alaska

97 programs across 253 offerings at Alaska colleges, at certificate or associate level.

ProgramSchoolsReporting earningsBest reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations120$32,119
Accounting and Related Services100$33,281
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services80$55,770
Health and Medical Administrative Services80$29,413
Public Health80
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians70$47,260
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management60$36,312
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities60$26,739
Precision Metal Working60$31,254
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions50$40,467
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services50$28,816
Culinary Arts and Related Services50
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions50$25,817
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians50
Air Transportation40$41,193
American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics40
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions40
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations40
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General40$28,753
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs40$68,033
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)40$35,258
Legal Support Services40$27,048
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions40$42,682
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education30
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection30
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other30$34,526
Carpenters30
Community Organization and Advocacy30
Construction Trades, General30$44,170
Criminal Justice and Corrections30
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians30
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians30
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies30
Fire Protection30
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services30
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants30
Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians30$51,273
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences20
Bible/Biblical Studies20
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications20$41,992
Construction Management20
Design and Applied Arts20
Finance and Financial Management Services20
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management20
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other20
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians20
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians20$63,997
Marine Transportation20
Mining and Petroleum Technologies/Technicians20
Outdoor Education20
Public Policy Analysis20
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing20$68,499
Science Technologies/Technicians, Other20
Social Sciences, General20
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods20
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians20$21,964
Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems10
Animal Sciences10
Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians10
Biological and Physical Sciences10
Business/Commerce, General10
Civil Engineering10
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology10
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians10
Computer Programming10
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other10
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician10
Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry10
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft10
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology10
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians10
Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians10
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy10
Gerontology10
Homeland Security10
Hospitality Administration/Management10
Human Resources Management and Services10
Human Services, General10
Information Science/Studies10
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies10
Legal Professions and Studies, Other10
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services10
Management Information Systems and Services10
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods10
Marine Sciences10
Maritime Studies10
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other10
Natural Resources Conservation and Research10
Natural Sciences10
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies10
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies10
Security Science and Technology10
Social Work10
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services10$26,739
Sustainability Studies10
Teaching Assistants/Aides10
Theological and Ministerial Studies10

"Best reported" is the highest published median earnings two years out among the schools in Alaska teaching that program. A dash means the U.S. Department of Education publishes no earnings for any of them — which is common, and says nothing about the programs themselves.