CIP 2601 · Bachelor's Degree · University of Alaska Anchorage

Biology, General at University of Alaska Anchorage

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of University of Alaska Anchorage. 26 completers in the most recent 4-year window (26 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $49,993.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$49,993
Alaska CIP-4 median $47,069
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$45,041
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
26
26 most recent year
SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142017$17,129
$28,748$12,16420142017
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201926
462620142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142017-40%

Biology, General at University of Alaska Anchorage · debt_median fell

28,748 → 17,129

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$107,370
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 22
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 22year 0year 39
Cost per year
$13,543
HS-only baseline · AK
$41,800
Years to complete
4
CIP family
26

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 2601

Biology, General across Alaska institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Alaska Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

University of Alaska AnchorageTHIS PROGRAM$49,99326 grads
University of Alaska FairbanksPEER$47,06947 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →