Data as of Fall 2023
Institutional Profile
Founded: 1917
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
(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 Alaska: 605
- From outside Alaska: 130
- International students: 8
(From Canada, England, Micronesia, Germany, Hungary and Norway) - UA Scholars: 128
- Female: 58%
- Male: 42%
- Alaska 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
Colleges and Schools
UAF has nine colleges and schools that offer 187 degrees and certificates in 106 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
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:
Research expenditures (direct), FY23: $174 million
Campus Enrollment, Fall 2023*
Bristol Bay Campus, Dillingham: 239
Chukchi Campus, Kotzebue: 135
Troth Yeddha’ Campus, Fairbanks: 5,414
Interior Alaska 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.