University of Alaska - Fairbanks

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 95,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 28 (1% 🥵) very dry
Sunshine Hours 2,117 (4% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 259 (73%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 2,750
Men / Women 46% / 54%
From State 78%
From Region 0%
Athletes 140 (5.6%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 58%
Mixed 12%
Hispanic 9%
Native American 8%
Asian 3%
Black 3%
International 1%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Engineering and Mines 70 84% 70% 3% 4% 9% 0% $90,371 90 -1.11 92 96%
Civil Engineering 13 — 85% 69% 8% 8% 8% 0% $87,126 19 -0.74 90 100% — — — —
Computer Engineering 3 — 100% 67% 33% 0% 0% 0% $97,044 7 -0.94 95 — — — — —
Electrical Engineering 7 — 71% 86% 0% 0% 0% 0% $97,367 7 -0.93 95 100% — — — —
Geological Engineering 3 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $90,148 7 -1.11 92 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 29 — 83% 69% 0% 3% 10% 0% $87,995 4 -1.41 91 93% — — — —
Mining Engineering 2 — 50% 0% 0% 0% 50% 0% $92,993 18 -0.98 93 — — — — —
Petroleum Engineering 4 — 100% 75% 0% 25% 0% 0% $84,833 3 -1.36 89 100% — — — —
Computer Science 9 — 89% 67% 0% 0% 11% 0% $97,003 18 -0.82 95 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Liberal Arts 158 33% 61% 1% 2% 13% 2% $54,021 2 -0.18 44 85% 8.8%
Biological and Physical Sciences — — — — — — — — $56,378 9 -1.17 50 — — — — —
Alaska Native Studies — — — — — — — — $51,792 29 -0.59 38 — — — — —
Area Studies 3 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $52,123 29 -0.57 39 — — — — —
English 8 — 38% 75% 0% 0% 0% 0% $53,083 57 +0.08 41 — — — — —
Foreign Languages 3 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 33% 0% $55,634 44 -0.21 48 — — — — —
History 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,012 54 -0.09 49 — — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 55 — 36% 62% 2% 0% 9% 4% $59,396 70 +0.20 57 88% — — — —
Japanese 2 — 100% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $55,889 46 -0.19 49 — — — — —
Languages and Linguistics 2 — 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,357 49 -0.15 50 — — — — —
Linguistics 3 — 33% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $56,064 48 -0.18 49 — — — — —
Philosophy 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $53,566 31 -0.59 43 — — — — —
Anthropology 4 — 0% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $54,370 47 -0.23 45 — — — — —
Communication 3 — 33% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% $54,190 23 -0.72 44 — — — — —
Geography — — — — — — — — $57,153 26 -0.57 52 — — — — —
Journalism — — — — — — — — $56,509 26 -0.65 50 — — — — —
Political Science 6 — 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,741 13 -0.99 56 — — — — —
Psychology 46 — 20% 57% 2% 7% 15% 2% $53,468 44 -0.24 42 82% 8.8% — — —
Art 13 — 38% 46% 0% 0% 15% 0% $38,814 11 -0.86 9 — — — — —
Drama and Theatre Arts 7 — 29% 86% 0% 0% 14% 0% $37,962 19 -0.68 8 — — — — —
Music Performance — — — — — — — — $38,610 12 -0.87 9 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Natural Science and Mathematics 59 42% 66% 5% 0% 15% 0% $48,246 1 -2.13 28 93% 7.2%
Chemistry 2 — 50% 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% $60,116 8 -1.11 59 — — — — —
Geosciences 3 — 67% 33% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,319 22 -0.61 55 — — — — —
Mathematics 5 — 60% 60% 0% 0% 20% 0% $60,711 10 -0.93 61 — — — — —
Physics — — — — — — — — $64,529 7 -1.37 68 — — — — —
Biology 49 — 39% 69% 4% 0% 16% 0% $45,874 1 -2.39 22 93% 7.2% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Rural and Community Development 74 35% 54% 0% 9% 8% 0% $66,814 34 +0.24 72 96% 6.6%
Rural Development 3 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 33% 0% $59,718 14 -1.29 58 — — — — —
Social Work 23 — 4% 43% 0% 4% 0% 0% $61,519 94 +0.98 62 95% 6.6% — — —
Emergency Management 29 — 62% 55% 0% 21% 10% 0% $77,785 53 +0.18 84 100% — — — —
Justice 19 — 37% 74% 0% 0% 11% 0% $57,600 36 -0.32 53 91% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Education 31 10% 42% 0% 6% 19% 0% $55,664 3 +0.43 48 96%
Sport Management 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $55,961 32 -0.56 49 — — — — —
Child Development 8 — 0% 25% 0% 12% 25% 0% $54,597 56 +0.16 45 — — — — —
Elementary Education 17 — 6% 47% 0% 0% 24% 0% $55,759 79 +0.52 48 96% — — — —
Secondary Education 2 — 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $55,759 56 +0.08 48 96% — — — —
Music Education 3 — 67% 67% 0% 33% 0% 0% $57,811 94 +1.19 54 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Management 71 39% 61% 4% 1% 7% 3% $64,143 23 -0.92 67 92% 9.4%
Accounting 21 — 24% 57% 10% 0% 14% 0% $67,542 9 -1.26 73 91% — — — —
Business Administration 50 — 46% 62% 2% 2% 4% 4% $62,716 15 -0.77 64 92% 9.4% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences 23 17% 61% 4% 0% 4% 0% $57,382 5 +0.14 53
Wildlife, Fish, and Wildlands Science and Management 18 — 11% 61% 6% 0% 6% 0% $57,763 64 +0.33 54 — — — — —
Natural Resources Conservation 5 — 40% 60% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,012 27 -0.53 49 — — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $9,163
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $27,787
Est. In-State Cost $11,853
Est. Out-of-State Cost $35,945
ROI Percentile 64th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 74%
4-Year Graduation Rate 25%
6-Year Graduation Rate 38%
Transfer-Out Rate 22%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Social Sciences 19.5% 95 18% 54% 1% 5% 12% 1% $56,040 40 +0.01 49 86% 8.1%
Humanities 16.3% 79 39% 62% 1% 0% 10% 3% $57,886 66 +0.09 54 88% —
Business & Economics 14.8% 72 39% 60% 4% 1% 7% 3% $64,030 10 -0.91 67 92% 9.4%
Engineering 12.6% 61 84% 70% 3% 5% 8% 0% $89,393 4 -1.16 92 96% —
Life & Natural Sciences 10.1% 49 39% 69% 4% 0% 16% 0% $45,874 1 -2.39 22 93% 7.2%
Professional 9.9% 48 52% 62% 0% 12% 10% 0% $69,795 55 -0.02 76 96% —
Arts 4.7% 23 39% 61% 0% 4% 13% 0% $41,033 10 -0.54 12 — —
Agriculture & Food Science 4.3% 21 10% 52% 5% 0% 10% 0% $58,042 40 +0.10 54 — —
Education 3.9% 19 5% 47% 0% 0% 21% 0% $55,759 66 +0.47 48 96% —
Physical Sciences & Math 2.1% 10 60% 50% 10% 0% 10% 0% $59,874 4 -0.87 59 — —
Computer Science 1.9% 9 89% 67% 0% 0% 11% 0% $97,003 26 -0.82 95 — —

Research R2

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $149M #20 77% $2.3M 10 #167 91 15
Engineering $35.7M #119 47% $2.1M 2 #209 19 5
Life & Natural Sciences $27.7M #112 67% $1.4M 9 #153 34 9
Agriculture & Food Science $11.6M #70 59% $0.1M 5 #72 46 9
Business & Economics $4.6M #103 23% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $2.5M #188 22% $0.7M — — — 1
Humanities & Social Sciences $1.6M #280 71% $0.0M — — 69 —
Computer Science $1.5M #204 85% $0 — — — —
Education $1.1M #231 75% $0 — — — —
Total $235M #112 69% $6.5M 26 #351 259 39

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D2

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Ice Hockey 31 $2.8M $2.8M $0
Cross Country 20 $157K $152K $5K
Basketball 15 $713K $647K $66K
Skiing 9 $351K $351K $0
Rifle 3 $202K $202K $0
Total 71 $4.2M $4.1M $72K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Volleyball 18 $697K $690K $7K
Cross Country 17 $190K $184K $5K
Basketball 14 $691K $680K $11K
Swimming 14 $585K $566K $19K
Skiing 8 $262K $262K $0
Rifle 6 $405K $405K $0
Total 69 $2.8M $2.8M $43K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Cross Country 37 $347K $337K $10K
Ice Hockey 31 $2.8M $2.8M $0
Basketball 29 $1.4M $1.3M $78K
Volleyball 18 $697K $690K $7K
Skiing 17 $614K $614K $0
Swimming 14 $585K $566K $19K
Rifle 9 $607K $607K $0
Total 140 $9.0M $8.8M $124K

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 65%
Yield (non-ED) 24%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 72% 63% 59%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 18%
SAT Range 1050 – 1280
SAT Math Range 490 – 610
SAT RW Range 550 – 670