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University of Alaska - Southeast

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 32,000
United States map with state borders, rivers, lakes, and Alaska and Hawaii insets
Juneau, AK

Weather

Comfortable Days 55 (4% 🥵) very dry
Sunshine Hours 1,496 (1% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 143 (0% ☔)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 465
Men / Women 45% / 55%
From State 88%
From Region 0%

Racial/Ethnic

White 58%
Mixed 14%
Hispanic 9%
Native American 8%
Asian 7%
Black 2%
International 1%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Men: 44.0% 44.0% 2012 Men: 40.2% 40.2% 2013 Men: 49.1% 49.1% 2014 Men: 43.5% 43.5% 2015 Men: 36.6% 36.6% 2016 Men: 39.0% 39.0% 2017 Men: 48.4% 48.4% 2018 Men: 50.0% 50.0% 2019 Men: 42.2% 42.2% 2020 Men: 43.8% 43.8% 2021 Men: 42.0% 42.0% 2022 Men: 44.9% 44.9% 2023 Men: 48.5% 48.5% 2024 Men: 39.4% 39.4% 2025 Men: 49.5% 49.5%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 11.5% 11.5% 2012 Native: 13.4% 13.4% 2013 Native: 13.8% 13.8% 2014 Native: 16.2% 16.2% 2015 Native: 13.1% 13.1% 2016 Native: 10.2% 10.2% 2017 Native: 9.0% 9.0% 2018 Native: 17.1% 17.1% 2019 Native: 21.1% 21.1% 2020 Native: 19.5% 19.5% 2021 Native: 12.6% 12.6% 2022 Native: 16.5% 16.5% 2023 Native: 12.9% 12.9% 2024 Native: 8.7% 8.7% 2025 Native: 8.4% 8.4% 2011 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2012 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2013 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2014 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2015 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2016 Asian: 3.4% 3.4% 2017 Asian: 4.5% 4.5% 2018 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2019 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2020 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2021 Asian: 3.4% 3.4% 2022 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 Asian: 6.8% 6.8% 2024 Asian: 4.8% 4.8% 2025 Asian: 9.3% 9.3% 2011 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Black: 1.0% 1.0% 2013 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Black: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Black: 0.6% 0.6% 2018 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2019 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2020 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Black: 2.4% 2.4% 2023 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 Black: 4.8% 4.8% 2025 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2011 Hispanic: 4.2% 4.2% 2012 Hispanic: 5.2% 5.2% 2013 Hispanic: 6.3% 6.3% 2014 Hispanic: 5.8% 5.8% 2015 Hispanic: 2.8% 2.8% 2016 Hispanic: 4.2% 4.2% 2017 Hispanic: 7.1% 7.1% 2018 Hispanic: 5.5% 5.5% 2019 Hispanic: 7.3% 7.3% 2020 Hispanic: 7.8% 7.8% 2021 Hispanic: 9.2% 9.2% 2022 Hispanic: 11.0% 11.0% 2023 Hispanic: 8.3% 8.3% 2024 Hispanic: 10.6% 10.6% 2025 Hispanic: 7.5% 7.5% 2011 White: 34.0% 34.0% 2012 White: 36.6% 36.6% 2013 White: 39.6% 39.6% 2014 White: 36.4% 36.4% 2015 White: 40.7% 40.7% 2016 White: 45.8% 45.8% 2017 White: 45.2% 45.2% 2018 White: 58.5% 58.5% 2019 White: 46.8% 46.8% 2020 White: 50.0% 50.0% 2021 White: 53.8% 53.8% 2022 White: 52.8% 52.8% 2023 White: 57.6% 57.6% 2024 White: 55.8% 55.8% 2025 White: 57.0% 57.0% 2011 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 2.6% 2.6% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2020 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 2.4% 2.4% 2023 International: 2.3% 2.3% 2024 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 250 500 750 1,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Total: 815 815 2012 Total: 793 793 2013 Total: 759 759 2014 Total: 698 698 2015 Total: 642 642 2016 Total: 577 577 2017 Total: 573 573 2018 Total: 579 579 2019 Total: 536 536 2020 Total: 615 615 2021 Total: 533 533 2022 Total: 531 531 2023 Total: 532 532 2024 Total: 489 489 2025 Total: 465 465 2011 Men: 332 332 2012 Men: 325 325 2013 Men: 327 327 2014 Men: 286 286 2015 Men: 223 223 2016 Men: 213 213 2017 Men: 229 229 2018 Men: 241 241 2019 Men: 206 206 2020 Men: 257 257 2021 Men: 225 225 2022 Men: 228 228 2023 Men: 228 228 2024 Men: 204 204 2025 Men: 209 209 2011 Women: 483 483 2012 Women: 468 468 2013 Women: 432 432 2014 Women: 412 412 2015 Women: 419 419 2016 Women: 364 364 2017 Women: 344 344 2018 Women: 338 338 2019 Women: 330 330 2020 Women: 358 358 2021 Women: 308 308 2022 Women: 303 303 2023 Women: 304 304 2024 Women: 285 285 2025 Women: 256 256

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 13.0% 13.0% 2012 Native: 10.3% 10.3% 2013 Native: 12.3% 12.3% 2014 Native: 12.2% 12.2% 2015 Native: 12.0% 12.0% 2016 Native: 11.1% 11.1% 2017 Native: 11.0% 11.0% 2018 Native: 13.3% 13.3% 2019 Native: 12.1% 12.1% 2020 Native: 12.5% 12.5% 2021 Native: 14.3% 14.3% 2022 Native: 12.8% 12.8% 2023 Native: 11.1% 11.1% 2024 Native: 7.8% 7.8% 2025 Native: 8.2% 8.2% 2011 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2012 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2013 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2014 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2015 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2016 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2017 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2018 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2019 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2020 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2021 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2022 Asian: 3.0% 3.0% 2023 Asian: 4.1% 4.1% 2024 Asian: 6.3% 6.3% 2025 Asian: 6.7% 6.7% 2011 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2012 Black: 1.1% 1.1% 2013 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2015 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2016 Black: 1.0% 1.0% 2017 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2018 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2019 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2020 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2021 Black: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Black: 1.7% 1.7% 2023 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2024 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2025 Black: 1.5% 1.5% 2011 Hispanic: 5.3% 5.3% 2012 Hispanic: 4.7% 4.7% 2013 Hispanic: 6.2% 6.2% 2014 Hispanic: 6.0% 6.0% 2015 Hispanic: 6.9% 6.9% 2016 Hispanic: 5.9% 5.9% 2017 Hispanic: 6.3% 6.3% 2018 Hispanic: 7.9% 7.9% 2019 Hispanic: 8.6% 8.6% 2020 Hispanic: 8.0% 8.0% 2021 Hispanic: 9.8% 9.8% 2022 Hispanic: 8.3% 8.3% 2023 Hispanic: 7.7% 7.7% 2024 Hispanic: 9.2% 9.2% 2025 Hispanic: 9.5% 9.5% 2011 White: 45.4% 45.4% 2012 White: 45.4% 45.4% 2013 White: 46.4% 46.4% 2014 White: 46.6% 46.6% 2015 White: 48.1% 48.1% 2016 White: 47.0% 47.0% 2017 White: 50.3% 50.3% 2018 White: 56.5% 56.5% 2019 White: 57.8% 57.8% 2020 White: 59.2% 59.2% 2021 White: 57.0% 57.0% 2022 White: 57.4% 57.4% 2023 White: 57.1% 57.1% 2024 White: 56.2% 56.2% 2025 White: 58.3% 58.3% 2011 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2012 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2013 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2014 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2015 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2018 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2019 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2024 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2025 International: 0.9% 0.9%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

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
School of Arts and Sciences 53 40% 53% 4% 2% 15% 2% $55,616 3 -0.31 54 90%
Mathematics 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $68,431 27 -0.64 77 — — — — —
Biology 7 — 71% 71% 0% 0% 14% 0% $67,006 54 +0.06 75 — — — — —
Environmental Science 3 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,751 42 -0.24 57 — — — — —
Environmental Studies 4 — 75% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% $56,556 40 -0.26 56 — — — — —
Marine Biology 4 — 25% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $54,783 52 +0.01 52 — — — — —
Wildlife and Wildlands Management — — — — — — — — $56,509 26 -0.46 56 — — — — —
English 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $54,117 62 +0.21 50 — — — — —
Liberal Arts 4 — 25% 25% 0% 0% 25% 0% $50,809 20 -0.62 41 90% — — — —
Native American Studies 6 — 17% 0% 0% 0% 17% 17% $52,857 33 -0.51 47 — — — — —
Natural Resources Conservation 3 — 0% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $55,474 25 -0.59 53 — — — — —
Social Sciences 20 — 45% 45% 10% 5% 10% 0% $52,685 37 -0.38 46 90% — — — —
⇅ 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 Business and Public Administration 26 35% 62% 4% 0% 12% 0% $72,044 50 -0.26 81 92%
Business Administration 25 — 36% 60% 4% 0% 12% 0% $72,705 51 -0.26 81 92% — — — —
Recreation Management 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $55,536 28 -0.46 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 Education 20 5% 55% 10% 5% 5% 0% $73,505 53 +3.03 82 93% 3.0%
Elementary Education 15 — 0% 53% 7% 0% 7% 0% $75,166 98 +3.40 84 93% 3.0% — — —
Special Education 5 — 20% 60% 20% 20% 0% 0% $68,523 96 +1.90 77 93% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $7,413
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $21,958
Est. In-State Cost $9,589
Est. Out-of-State Cost $28,405
ROI Percentile 70th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 76%
4-Year Graduation Rate 7%
6-Year Graduation Rate 28%
Transfer-Out Rate 26%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 21.2% 21.2% 2012 Graduated: 10.8% 10.8% 2013 Graduated: 13.9% 13.9% 2014 Graduated: 16.9% 16.9% 2015 Graduated: 23.0% 23.0% 2016 Graduated: 17.3% 17.3% 2017 Graduated: 24.1% 24.1% 2018 Graduated: 35.6% 35.6% 2019 Graduated: 25.8% 25.8% 2020 Graduated: 17.5% 17.5% 2021 Graduated: 30.3% 30.3% 2022 Graduated: 24.6% 24.6% 2023 Graduated: 31.0% 31.0% 2024 Graduated: 28.0% 28.0%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 20.5% 2012 Men: 12.5% 2013 Men: 15.2% 2014 Men: 13.6% 2015 Men: 29.9% 2016 Men: 15.6% 2017 Men: 21.4% 2018 Men: 30.8% 2019 Men: 26.9% 2020 Men: 9.0% 2021 Men: 32.1% 2022 Men: 26.1% 2023 Men: 25.3% 2024 Men: 30.5% 2011 Women: 22.1% 2012 Women: 9.3% 2013 Women: 13.3% 2014 Women: 19.1% 2015 Women: 18.4% 2016 Women: 18.8% 2017 Women: 26.2% 2018 Women: 38.8% 2019 Women: 24.7% 2020 Women: 24.1% 2021 Women: 29.3% 2022 Women: 23.6% 2023 Women: 36.2% 2024 Women: 25.6%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 8.1% 2012 Native: 9.1% 2013 Native: 11.1% 2014 Native: 10.9% 2015 Native: 12.1% 2016 Native: 12.0% 2017 Native: 13.6% 2018 Native: 19.2% 2019 Native: 9.1% 2020 Native: 4.0% 2021 Native: 5.3% 2022 Native: 8.3% 2023 Native: 7.1% 2024 Native: 14.3% 2011 Asian: 0.0% 2012 Asian: 20.0% 2013 Asian: 0.0% 2014 Asian: 7.7% 2015 Asian: 0.0% 2016 Asian: 0.0% 2017 Asian: 33.3% 2018 Asian: 50.0% 2019 Asian: 0.0% 2020 Asian: 0.0% 2021 Asian: 75.0% 2022 Asian: 25.0% 2023 Asian: 28.6% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 2011 Hispanic: 0.0% 2012 Hispanic: 0.0% 2013 Hispanic: 0.0% 2014 Hispanic: 16.7% 2015 Hispanic: 11.1% 2016 Hispanic: 12.5% 2017 Hispanic: 25.0% 2018 Hispanic: 40.0% 2019 Hispanic: 10.0% 2020 Hispanic: 22.2% 2021 Hispanic: 25.0% 2022 Hispanic: 40.0% 2023 Hispanic: 36.4% 2024 Hispanic: 11.1% 2011 White: 24.7% 2012 White: 10.5% 2013 White: 16.4% 2014 White: 22.1% 2015 White: 31.0% 2016 White: 26.4% 2017 White: 32.3% 2018 White: 45.1% 2019 White: 38.1% 2020 White: 25.0% 2021 White: 37.3% 2022 White: 31.5% 2023 White: 40.0% 2024 White: 35.4%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

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
Business & Economics 26.3% 26 35% 62% 4% 0% 12% 0% $72,045 33 -0.26 81 92% —
Social Sciences 23.2% 23 39% 48% 9% 4% 13% 0% $53,049 24 -0.41 47 90% —
Education 20.2% 20 5% 55% 10% 5% 5% 0% $73,505 99 +3.03 82 93% 3.0%
Agriculture & Food Science 11.1% 11 45% 91% 0% 0% 9% 0% $55,964 32 -0.16 55 — —
Humanities 11.1% 11 18% 9% 0% 0% 27% 9% $52,227 31 -0.48 45 90% —
Life & Natural Sciences 7.1% 7 71% 71% 0% 0% 14% 0% $67,006 46 +0.06 75 — —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.0% 1 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $68,431 20 -0.64 77 — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $1.0M #352 56% $0.0M — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.6M #178 79% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.1M #484 0% $0 — — — —
Education $0.1M #376 73% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.1M #526 87% $0 — — — —
Engineering $0.0M #413 0% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0 #525 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Total $2.0M #492 60% $0.0M — — — —

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.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 85%
Yield (non-ED) 39%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 85% 85% 85%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015 Acceptance: 48.9% 48.9% 2016 Acceptance: 49.0% 49.0% 2017 Acceptance: 71.0% 71.0% 2018 Acceptance: 63.3% 63.3% 2019 Acceptance: 60.6% 60.6% 2020 Acceptance: 63.5% 63.5% 2021 Acceptance: 56.2% 56.2% 2022 Acceptance: 62.7% 62.7% 2023 Acceptance: 62.5% 62.5% 2024 Acceptance: 63.3% 63.3% 2015 Yield: 87.5% 87.5% 2016 Yield: 86.2% 86.2% 2017 Yield: 60.5% 60.5% 2018 Yield: 69.3% 69.3% 2019 Yield: 57.7% 57.7% 2020 Yield: 50.0% 50.0% 2021 Yield: 57.1% 57.1% 2022 Yield: 56.5% 56.5% 2023 Yield: 74.0% 74.0% 2024 Yield: 75.3% 75.3%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

0 125 250 375 500 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015 Applicants: 458 458 2016 Applicants: 384 384 2017 Applicants: 449 449 2018 Applicants: 499 499 2019 Applicants: 492 492 2020 Applicants: 488 488 2021 Applicants: 464 464 2022 Applicants: 466 466 2023 Applicants: 320 320 2024 Applicants: 346 346 2015 Admitted: 224 224 2016 Admitted: 188 188 2017 Admitted: 319 319 2018 Admitted: 316 316 2019 Admitted: 298 298 2020 Admitted: 310 310 2021 Admitted: 261 261 2022 Admitted: 292 292 2023 Admitted: 200 200 2024 Admitted: 219 219 2015 Enrolled: 196 196 2016 Enrolled: 162 162 2017 Enrolled: 193 193 2018 Enrolled: 219 219 2019 Enrolled: 172 172 2020 Enrolled: 155 155 2021 Enrolled: 149 149 2022 Enrolled: 165 165 2023 Enrolled: 148 148 2024 Enrolled: 165 165

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

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