Data as of Fall 2024

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Institutional Profile

Founded: 1917
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
(city population approx. 33,500; borough approx. 97,327)
Chancellor: Russ Vander Lugt
Faculty (regular and adjunct): 824
Staff (full- and part-time): 1,933
Student employees: 831
Student-faculty ratio: 12 to 1
Alumni: 43,000+
Mascot: Nanooks
School colors: Blue and gold

Fall 2024 First-Year Student Profile

  • First-year students direct from high school: 70%
  • First-year students living on Fairbanks campus: 48%
  • High school GPA of 3.5 or greater: 53%
  • Average high school GPA: 3.4
  • Average ACT composite: 21
  • From Alaska: 670
  • From outside Alaska: 176
  • International students: 15
  • UA Scholars: 116
  • Female: 54%
  • Male: 46%
  • Alaska Native/American Indian: 21%
  • Asian: 7%
    Black: 4%
  • Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 1%
  • Caucasian: 55%
  • Other/unspecified: 11%
    Hispanic ethnicity: 9% included in the reported races

Fall 2024 Students

Enrollment: 7,486
Enrolled from 52 states/territories and 51 countries
Undergraduate: 87%
Graduate: 14%
International: 3%
Female: 61%
Male: 38%
Unknown: 2%
Median age: 23

¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵs and Schools

UAF has nine colleges and schools that offer 218 degrees and certificates in about 100 disciplines.

¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ of Business and Security Management
¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ of Liberal Arts
¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ of Natural Science and Mathematics
¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ of Indigenous Studies

Graduate School
School of Education

Race

  • Alaska Native/American Indian: 20%
  • Asian: 7%
  • Black: 4%
  • Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 1%
  • Caucasian: 58%
  • Other/unspecified: 11%
    Hispanic ethnicity: 8.6% included in the reported races

Athletics

Men's ice hockey
NCAA Division I independent member
Men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross-country running, women's volleyball
NCAA Division II Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Men's and women's cross-country skiing
NCAA Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association
Women's swimming
NCAA Division II Pacific Collegiate Swim and Dive Conference
Men's and women's rifle
NCAA Patriot Rifle Conference; 11-time NCAA champions

Degrees Granted, May 2025

Licensures and occupational endorsements: 109
Certificates: 146
Associate: 191
Bachelor's: 461
Master's: 198
Doctoral: 31
Honorary: 4

Number of graduates: 1,136

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Costs and Financial Aid

Visit the Financial Aid website for information on costs.

Information about financial aid, Pell Grant and loan distribution is also available online.

Research

UAF is the principal research center for the statewide university system. Our research engages undergraduate and graduate students so they gain skills and knowledge to become tomorrow’s leaders. UAF researchers find solutions to Arctic challenges in these major units:

Research expenditures (direct), FY24: $200.3 million

Undergraduate Research

UAF offers undergraduate students many ways to get hands-on experience — 48% of students who received a bachelor's degree completed a research, thesis or honors project in 2023-2024.

 

Locations

UAF is a land, sea, and space grant university, with locations throughout Alaska.

Map of UAF locations across Alaska

See map of all UAF locations in Alaska.

¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ Enrollment, Fall 2024*

Bristol Bay ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ, Dillingham: 191
Chukchi ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ, Kotzebue: 65
Troth Yeddha’ ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ, Fairbanks: 5,572
Interior Alaska ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ: 268
Kuskokwim ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ, Bethel: 265
, Nome: 101
, Fairbanks: 2,318
: 4,584
*Students who attended more than one campus are counted in each campus' totals but only once in the overall total.