text: All of those are graduate degrees, which require an undergraduate degree in some related field.  Both UAA and UAF provide those undergraduate degrees.  One of the big advantages about getting an undergraduate education in Alaska, besides the obvious proximity and cost savings, is students get most of their classes from full-time Ph.D.-holding faculty, not graduate students.  Universities with large Ph.D. programs have those doctoral students teach many of the classes, while the full-time faculty focus on their research.  A great reputation for a university does not necessarily translate into great undergraduate education.  It's usually the opposite.