University of Alaska Southeast Overview

University of Alaska Southeast is a public institution located in Juneau, Alaska. Juneau is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

What Is University of Alaska Southeast Known For?

• UAS has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 9 to 1.
• Students at UAS have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at UAS is the post-master's certificate.
• For the <nil> academic year, 51% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is University of Alaska Southeast?

Contact details for UAS are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	11066 Auke Lake Way, Juneau, AK 99801-8697
Phone:	877-465-4827
Website:	www.uas.alaska.edu

How Do I Get Into UAS?

You can apply to UAS online at: uas.alaska.edu/apply/steps/

Admission Requirements for UAS

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into UAS?

UAS has an acceptance rate of 56%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 59%, and the acceptance rate for women is 55%.

Can I Afford University of Alaska Southeast?

The overall average net price of UAS is $32,093. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UAS, approximately 17% of students took out student loans averaging $6,059 a year. That adds up to $24,236 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UAS is 0.9%. 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 Southeast Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,757 undergraduate students at UAS, with 477 being full-time and 1,280 being part-time.

There are also 240 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 477 full-time undergraduates at UAS, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	17
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	263
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	145

Geographic Diversity

Alaska students aren't the only ones who study at University of Alaska Southeast. At this time, 10 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at University of Alaska Southeast

There are 24 bachelor’s degree and 9 master’s degree programs available online at UAS. In 2020-2021, 1,407 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 3rd 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 UAS

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Alaska Southeast was -0.3%. This is the #847 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at UAS 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.