free college in alaska?

Question

is it true that if your a resident of alaska that you can get free schooling for college? are there any other states that offers this? and any other info about living in alaska is greatly appreciated

Answer 1

I used to live in Alaska. I had never heard of such a program.

I am also an Alaskan Native (Haida Indian) and I haven't heard of any programs geared toward Natives. Granted, I have been out of school for 10 years.

Many Natives in Alaska belong to a Native corporation, companies set up in the early 1970's (I beleive...I was born in 1975, so I'm not sure) to generate profit and income to the various Native tribes. I had my tribal government and one of these corporations kick in for college. Take what I am saying at face value. Like I said, it has been 10 years and I wasn't overly serious about going to school in Alaska.

Alaskans do get what is called a Permanent Fund every year (this is "getting paid to live in Alaska" that many people talk about).

Other than that, it is expensive to live in Alaska and good paying jobs (including fishing) are hard to come by. People tend to be nice and a person's word is what is most important. It is a great place to live. Depending on where you opt to live, the weather can be unpredictable, cold, and/or wet. The whole daylight/darkness thing tends to mess with new residents mentally.

If you go to Alaska, I'd highly recommend making sure you have a way home. You may make it, but if you don't, it can be a rough place to carve out a living.

In terms of free college...my recommendation would be to check into your states National Guard. If you are in the National Guard, many states will let you attend the state University tuition free. The downfall is you may end up in Iraq...

You may also want to borrow a ton of money and find a way to repay it. The Peace Corps used to reimburse a certain percentage of loans every year. The federal government has programs to replay loans in certain fields (like medical fields for people who work for the IHS). I believe the military may repay college loans (once you finish school, you might have a much better chance of staying out of the war zone than with the National Guard). Even Habitat for Humanity used to replay some college loans (10% a year).

Personally, if the Peace Corps still replays student loans, that would be what I would opt for. You get to go out and see parts of the world people never see and it looks pretty good on a resume.

Just my 2 cents...good luck!!

Answer 2

The University here in Alaska gives free tuition to the students who graduate from high school in the top 10% of their class. This is not open to all residents, just graduating seniors in the top 10%.

You can easily get a student loan from the state for your schooling in Alaska.

Alaska is a great place to live, if you don't mind not having a lot of sunshine. The University is in Anchorage and Fairbanks; UAA-University of Alaska, Anchorage and UAF-University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Fairbanks, though a great place to live and go to school, is very cold during the winter, much colder than Anchorage. The summers in Fairbanks are much nicer but many college students are not there during the summer. Anchorage is a much bigger place and is not really a "college town" like Fairbanks.

Answer 3

I haven't checked on it, but I think I recall someone telling me that if you are a native american (Inuit, etc) in Alaska you can go to college for free or greatly reduced tuition. Call someone in the state government office to verify.

Answer 4

i heard that if you live in goergia there is something about free community college...but i'm not sure