University of Alaska Fairbanks Overview

University of Alaska Fairbanks is a public institution situated in Fairbanks, Alaska. Fairbanks is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is University of Alaska Fairbanks Known For?

• The 3% student loan default rate at UAF is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The highest award offered at UAF is the doctor's degree.
• In <nil>, 58% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from UAF with a bachelor's degree make about $46,150 a year. That's 13% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is University of Alaska Fairbanks?

Contact details for UAF are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1731 South Chandalar Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775
Phone:	907-474-7034
Website:	www.uaf.edu

How Do I Get Into UAF?

You can apply to UAF online at: uaf.edu/admissions/apply/#now

Admission Requirements for UAF

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UAF?

As long as you submit the requested materials to University of Alaska Fairbanks when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 67%, and the acceptance rate for women is 63%.

Average Test Scores

About 12% of students accepted to UAF submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 680. Math scores were between 550 and 680.

UAF received ACT scores from 16% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 26. Math scores were between 16 and 25. Composite scores were between 17 and 27.

Can I Afford University of Alaska Fairbanks?

The overall average net price of UAF is $33,073. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UAF, approximately 21% of students took out student loans averaging $6,576 a year. That adds up to $26,304 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UAF is 2.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of Alaska Fairbanks Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,844 undergraduate students at UAF, with 2,345 being full-time and 3,499 being part-time.

There are also 982 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,345 full-time undergraduates at UAF, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Alaska Fairbanks students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	59
Black or African American	65
Hispanic or Latino	209
White	1,326
International Students	60
Other Races/Ethnicities	626

Geographic Diversity

Alaska students aren't the only ones who study at University of Alaska Fairbanks. At this time, 26 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 47 countries are represented at UAF. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Canada, and China.

Online Learning at University of Alaska Fairbanks

There are 42 bachelor’s degree and 30 master’s degree programs available online at UAF. In 2020-2021, 5,402 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UAF has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 2nd most popular in Alaska for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of UAF

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Alaska Fairbanks was 17.4%. This is the #712 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at UAF regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Burntorange72 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.