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University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

https://www.uaf.edu

#343 National Colleges

75.99% Admission Rate
Least Selective

4,410 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Public
  • Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity
  • Four-year, higher part-time
  • Four-year, medium, primarily residential
  • Alaska Native Native Hawaiian Serving Institution
  • Native American Non-Tribal Institution
The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF or Alaska) is a public land-grant research university in College, Alaska; a suburb of Fairbanks. It is a flagship campus of the University of Alaska system. UAF was established in 1917 and opened for classes in 1922. Originally named the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, it became the University of Alaska in 1935. Fairbanks-based programs became the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1975.

UAF is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". It is home to several major research units, including the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station; the Geophysical Institute, which operates the Poker Flat Research Range and several other scientific centers; the Alaska Center for Energy and Power; the International Arctic Research Center; the Institute of Arctic Biology; the Institute of Marine Science; and the Institute of Northern Engineering. Located just 200 miles (320 km) south of the Arctic Circle, the Fairbanks campus' unique location favors Arctic and northern research. UAF's research specialties are renowned worldwide, most notably Arctic biology, Arctic engineering, geophysics, supercomputing, ethnobotany and Alaska Native studies. The University of Alaska Museum of the North is also on the Fairbanks campus.

In addition to the Fairbanks campus, UAF encompasses six rural and urban campuses: Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham; Chukchi Campus in Kotzebue; the Fairbanks-based Interior Alaska Campus, which serves the state's rural Interior; Kuskokwim Campus in Bethel; Northwest Campus in Nome; and the UAF Community and Technical College, with headquarters in downtown Fairbanks. UAF is also the home of UAF eCampus, which offers fully online programs.

In fall 2017, UAF enrolled 8,720 students. Of those students, 58% were female and 41% were male; 87.8% were undergraduates, and 12.2% were graduate students. As of May 2018, 1,352 students had graduated during the immediately preceding summer, fall and spring semesters.

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Location

City
Fairbanks, Alaska

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Locale
Suburb: Small (outside principal city, in urbanized area with population less than 100,000)

Region
Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Health Professions And Related Programs 13.0%
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 12.3%
Engineering 8.3%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting And Related Protective Services 7.5%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 6.9%
Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities 6.5%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 5.5%
Public Administration And Social Service Professions 4.9%
Mechanic And Repair Technologies/Technicians 4.0%
Psychology 3.4%
Engineering Technologies And Engineering-Related Fields 3.4%
Visual And Performing Arts 3.2%
Education 3.1%
Natural Resources And Conservation 2.8%
Personal And Culinary Services 2.7%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 2.0%
Physical Sciences 1.9%
Social Sciences 1.5%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 1.4%
Construction Trades 1.2%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 1.0%
English Language And Literature/Letters 0.9%
Precision Production 0.7%
Mathematics And Statistics 0.6%
Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 0.4%
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies 0.4%
History 0.3%
Transportation And Materials Moving 0.2%
Legal Professions And Studies 0.2%
Science Technologies/Technicians 0.1%
Philosophy And Religious Studies 0.1%

Cost

In State Tuition
$7,080.00

Out of State Tuition
$21,216.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
21.45%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$10,333.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1121 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 630 570 510
Verbal 650 585 520

ACT Scores

21 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 25 21 17
English 25 20 15