Why don’t you get admissions or transfer info from the Universities themselves? Anchorage is certainly going to look and feel different from Pittsburgh. I have a very close friend who grew up in Philadelphi, went to University in Providence, grad. school in Cambridge and married a lawyer. They are now living in Anchorage, have two small children and run a law practice from their home. They are out and about, skiing, hiking, fishing for salmon and are very happy.