UAF Facts and Figures

Institutional Profile

Founded: 1917
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
(city population approx. 33,500; borough approx. 97,500)
Chancellor: Daniel M. White
Faculty (regular and adjunct): 522
Staff (full- and part-time): 2,381
Student employees: 671
Student-faculty ratio: 10 to 1
Alumni: 35,000+
Mascot: Nanooks
School colors: Blue and gold

2021 First-Year Student Profile

• First-year students direct from high school: 69%
• First-year students living on Fairbanks campus: 38%
• High school GPA of 3.5 or greater: 50.7%
• Average high school GPA: 3.4
• Average ACT composite: 21
• From Alaska: 581
• From outside Alaska: 80
• International students: 5
  (from: Australia, Hungary, Morocco, Spain, Sweden)
• UA Scholars: 112
• Female: 54%
• Male: 46%
• Alaska Native/American Indian: 24%
• Asian: 5.6%
  Black: 3%
• Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 1.5%
• Caucasian: 60%
• Other/unspecified: 5.7%
  Hispanic ethnicity: 9% included in the reported races

Six most popular majors of incoming first-year students for Fall 2021

• General program/studies
• Biological sciences
• Business administration
• Elementary Education
• Psychology
• Computer Science

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Fall 2021 Students

Enrollment: 7,471
Enrolled from 49 states and 53 countries
Undergraduate: 87%
Graduate: 13%
International: 2%
Female: 62%
Male: 38%
Unknown: 1%
Median age: 25

Fall 2021 Graduate Student Profile

• Total enrollment: 996
• International: 79 students from 31 countriess
• Female: 61%
• Male: 38%
• Unknown: 1%
• Alaska Native/American Indian: 10.7%
• Asian: 8.4%
• Black: 2.6%
• Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 1.4%
• Caucasian: 65%
• Other/unspecified: 11.7%
  Hispanic ethnicity: 5.2% included in the reported races

Six most popular majors of graduate students for Fall 2021

• Business administration
• Counseling
• Fisheries
• Biological sciences
• Security and Disaster Management
• Interdisciplinary Studies

Race

• Alaska Native/American Indian: 21%
• Asian: 5%
• Black: 4.4%
• Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 2%
• Caucasian: 57%
• Other/unspecified: 11.4%
  Hispanic ethnicity: 7.2% 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; 10-time NCAA champions

UAF has nine colleges and schools that offer 187 degrees and certificates in 106 disciplines.

Campus Enrollment, Fall 2021*

Bristol Bay Campus, Dillingham: 280
Chukchi Campus, Kotzebue: 172
Troth Yeddha’ Campus, Fairbanks: 5,302
Interior Alaska Campus: 255
Kuskokwim Campus, Bethel: 407
Northwest Campus, Nome: 219
Community and Technical College, Fairbanks: 2,108
eCampus: 4,337
*Students who attended more than one campus are counted in each campus' totals but only once in the overall total.

Degrees Granted, May 2022

Licensures and occupational endorsements: 124
Certificates: 152
Associate: 226
Bachelor's: 493
Master's: 182
Doctoral: 32
Honorary: 3

Number of graduates: 1,139

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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:

• Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
• Geophysical Institute
• Institute of Arctic Biology
• Institute of Marine Science
• Institute of Northern Engineering
• International Arctic Research Center

Research expenditures (direct), FY21: $136 million

Undergraduate Research

UAF offers undergraduate students many ways to get hands-on experience — 36% of students who received a bachelor's degree completed a research, thesis or honors project in 2020-2021.