Data as of Fall 2024
Institutional Profile
Founded: 1917
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
(city population approx. 33,500; borough approx. 97,327)
Interim Chancellor: Mike Sfraga
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
Colleges and Schools
51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø has nine colleges and schools that offer 218 degrees and certificates in about 100 disciplines.
College of Business and Security Management
College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
College of Liberal Arts
College of Natural Science and Mathematics
College of Indigenous Studies
Graduate School
School of Education
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
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
51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø 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. 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø researchers find solutions to Arctic challenges in these major units:
Research expenditures (direct), FY24: $200.3 million
Campus Enrollment, Fall 2024*
Bristol Bay Campus, Dillingham: 191
Chukchi Campus, Kotzebue: 65
Troth Yeddha’ Campus, Fairbanks: 5,572
Interior Alaska Campus: 268
Kuskokwim Campus, 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.