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Institutional Profile

Founded: 1917
Location: Fairbanks, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø
(city population approx. 33,500; borough approx. 97,500)
Chancellor: Daniel M. White
Faculty (regular and adjunct): 551
Staff (full- and part-time): 2,625
Student employees: 767
Student-faculty ratio: 11 to 1
Alumni: 35,000+
Mascot: Nanooks
School colors: Blue and gold

Fall 2023 First-Year Student Profile

• First-year students direct from high school: 68%
• First-year students living on Fairbanks campus: 43%
• High school GPA of 3.5 or greater: 55%
• Average high school GPA: 3.4
• Average ACT composite: 21
• From ²ÝÁñÉçÇø: 605
• From outside ²ÝÁñÉçÇø: 130
• International students: 8
  (From Canada, England, Micronesia, Germany, Hungary and Norway)
• UA Scholars: 128
• Female: 58%
• Male: 42%
• ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Native/American Indian: 23%
• Asian: 7%
  Black: 5%
• Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 1%
• Caucasian: 57%
• Other/unspecified: 6%
  Hispanic ethnicity: 8% included in the reported races

Fall 2023 Students

Enrollment: 7,451
Enrolled from 49 states and 58 countries
Undergraduate: 86%
Graduate: 14%
International: 3%
Female: 62%
Male: 36%
Unknown: 2%
Median age: 23

²ÝÁñÉçÇø has nine colleges and schools that offer 187 degrees and certificates in 106 disciplines.

Race

• ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Native/American Indian: 20%
• Asian: 6%
• Black: 4%
• Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 1%
• Caucasian: 56%
• Other/unspecified: 12%
  Hispanic ethnicity: 9% 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; 11-time NCAA champions

Degrees Granted, May 2023

Licensures and occupational endorsements: 146
Certificates: 136
Associate: 192
Bachelor's: 444
Master's: 178
Doctoral: 31
Honorary: 2

Number of graduates: 1,023

Learn more about the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Alumni Association!

²ÝÁñÉçÇø 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. ²ÝÁñÉçÇø researchers find solutions to Arctic challenges in these major units:

• Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
• Institute of Marine Science

Research expenditures (direct), FY23: $174 million

Undergraduate Research

²ÝÁñÉçÇø offers undergraduate students many ways to get hands-on experience — 44% of students who received a bachelor's degree completed a research, thesis or honors project in 2022-2023.

Campus Enrollment, Fall 2023*

Bristol Bay Campus, Dillingham: 239
Chukchi Campus, Kotzebue: 135
Troth Yeddha’ Campus, Fairbanks: 5,414
Interior ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Campus: 263
Kuskokwim Campus, Bethel: 306
, Nome: 85
, Fairbanks: 2,290
: 4,255
*Students who attended more than one campus are counted in each campus' totals but only once in the overall total.