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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Anchorage, AK
Population 320,000
Website http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 35 (2% 🥵) very dry
Sunshine Hours 2,061 (4% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 246 (47%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,265
Men / Women 45% / 55%
From State 92%
From Region 0%
Athletes 7.6%

Racial/Ethnic

White 49%
Mixed 13%
Asian 12%
Hispanic 11%
Native American 6%
Black 4%
International 3%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015 Men: 45.4% 45.4% 2016 Men: 44.5% 44.5% 2017 Men: 45.0% 45.0% 2018 Men: 45.3% 45.3% 2019 Men: 45.2% 45.2% 2020 Men: 38.5% 38.5% 2021 Men: 44.5% 44.5% 2022 Men: 43.9% 43.9% 2023 Men: 43.8% 43.8%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 14.7% 14.7% 2012 Native: 17.0% 17.0% 2013 Native: 15.7% 15.7% 2014 Native: 15.8% 15.8% 2015 Native: 13.7% 13.7% 2016 Native: 11.4% 11.4% 2017 Native: 8.1% 8.1% 2018 Native: 8.6% 8.6% 2019 Native: 8.5% 8.5% 2020 Native: 8.7% 8.7% 2021 Native: 10.3% 10.3% 2022 Native: 8.9% 8.9% 2023 Native: 8.5% 8.5% 2024 Native: 12.7% 12.7% 2011 Asian: 9.0% 9.0% 2012 Asian: 8.4% 8.4% 2013 Asian: 9.5% 9.5% 2014 Asian: 9.4% 9.4% 2015 Asian: 6.4% 6.4% 2016 Asian: 7.5% 7.5% 2017 Asian: 9.9% 9.9% 2018 Asian: 8.3% 8.3% 2019 Asian: 10.0% 10.0% 2020 Asian: 10.0% 10.0% 2021 Asian: 11.9% 11.9% 2022 Asian: 10.7% 10.7% 2023 Asian: 10.9% 10.9% 2024 Asian: 8.3% 8.3% 2011 Black: 3.5% 3.5% 2012 Black: 4.7% 4.7% 2013 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2014 Black: 3.4% 3.4% 2015 Black: 2.7% 2.7% 2016 Black: 3.5% 3.5% 2017 Black: 4.4% 4.4% 2018 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2019 Black: 2.7% 2.7% 2020 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2021 Black: 2.5% 2.5% 2022 Black: 2.7% 2.7% 2023 Black: 3.1% 3.1% 2024 Black: 3.5% 3.5% 2011 Hispanic: 3.8% 3.8% 2012 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2013 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6% 2014 Hispanic: 5.0% 5.0% 2015 Hispanic: 6.0% 6.0% 2016 Hispanic: 5.7% 5.7% 2017 Hispanic: 6.0% 6.0% 2018 Hispanic: 7.7% 7.7% 2019 Hispanic: 8.8% 8.8% 2020 Hispanic: 9.4% 9.4% 2021 Hispanic: 6.6% 6.6% 2022 Hispanic: 8.4% 8.4% 2023 Hispanic: 9.4% 9.4% 2024 Hispanic: 9.6% 9.6% 2011 White: 62.6% 62.6% 2012 White: 59.0% 59.0% 2013 White: 59.4% 59.4% 2014 White: 58.2% 58.2% 2015 White: 54.6% 54.6% 2016 White: 55.5% 55.5% 2017 White: 51.4% 51.4% 2018 White: 49.6% 49.6% 2019 White: 52.8% 52.8% 2020 White: 51.4% 51.4% 2021 White: 50.0% 50.0% 2022 White: 50.4% 50.4% 2023 White: 48.1% 48.1% 2024 White: 42.7% 42.7% 2011 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2012 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2013 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2014 International: 2.4% 2.4% 2015 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2016 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2017 International: 3.2% 3.2% 2018 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2019 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2020 International: 2.2% 2.2% 2021 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2022 International: 2.5% 2.5% 2023 International: 3.2% 3.2% 2024 International: 2.1% 2.1%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 8.5% 8.5% 2021 Native: 8.3% 8.3% 2022 Native: 7.7% 7.7% 2023 Native: 7.0% 7.0% 2024 Native: 5.5% 5.5% 2025 Native: 6.1% 6.1% 2020 Asian: 7.9% 7.9% 2021 Asian: 8.3% 8.3% 2022 Asian: 9.0% 9.0% 2023 Asian: 9.4% 9.4% 2024 Asian: 13.0% 13.0% 2025 Asian: 11.7% 11.7% 2020 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2021 Black: 3.4% 3.4% 2022 Black: 3.4% 3.4% 2023 Black: 3.4% 3.4% 2024 Black: 3.7% 3.7% 2025 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2020 Hispanic: 9.2% 9.2% 2021 Hispanic: 9.2% 9.2% 2022 Hispanic: 9.9% 9.9% 2023 Hispanic: 11.0% 11.0% 2024 Hispanic: 10.7% 10.7% 2025 Hispanic: 11.3% 11.3% 2020 White: 52.3% 52.3% 2021 White: 51.3% 51.3% 2022 White: 50.3% 50.3% 2023 White: 49.7% 49.7% 2024 White: 48.7% 48.7% 2025 White: 48.7% 48.7% 2020 International: 2.9% 2.9% 2021 International: 2.7% 2.7% 2022 International: 2.8% 2.8% 2023 International: 3.0% 3.0% 2024 International: 2.9% 2.9% 2025 International: 2.6% 2.6%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts and Sciences 264 31% / 69% 3% $51,929 52 89%
Chemistry 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $60,471 71 —
Geosciences 7 — 43% / 57% 0% $58,779 68 —
Mathematics 6 — 50% / 50% 0% $60,548 71 —
Biology 21 — 43% / 57% 5% $48,205 42 100%
Environmental Studies 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $54,009 58 —
Natural Sciences 19 — 53% / 47% 5% $56,538 63 90%
Anthropology 10 — 10% / 90% 10% $44,929 32 84%
Communication 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,840 57 —
English 14 — 29% / 71% 0% $46,877 38 90%
Foreign Languages 10 — 50% / 50% 0% $50,542 49 —
Global Studies 5 — 40% / 60% 0% $55,547 61 —
History 24 — 46% / 54% 0% $53,620 57 90%
Interdisciplinary Studies 16 — 31% / 69% 6% $52,547 54 —
Journalism 12 — 25% / 75% 0% $54,165 58 93%
Philosophy 3 — 33% / 67% 0% — — —
Political Science 9 — 44% / 56% 0% $55,687 61 —
Psychology 69 — 19% / 81% 6% $56,509 63 86%
Sociology — — — — $46,990 38 —
Art 13 — 8% / 92% 0% $31,211 6 76%
Music 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $35,545 10 —
Theatre 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $34,801 9 —
Justice 12 — 17% / 83% 0% $44,865 32 92%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business and Public Policy 128 44% / 56% 4% $66,392 79 90%
Accounting 25 — 40% / 60% 8% $76,363 88 93%
Business Administration 44 — 43% / 57% 5% $60,834 71 89%
Economics 6 — 83% / 17% 0% $64,049 76 —
Finance 15 — 53% / 47% 0% $74,682 87 93%
Hospitality Management — — — — $50,008 47 —
Management Information Systems — — — — $69,865 83 —
Marketing 16 — 19% / 81% 6% $56,806 64 85%
Supply Chain Management 6 — 83% / 17% 0% $60,834 71 89%
Construction Management 8 — 62% / 38% 0% $90,097 95 91%
Legal Studies 8 — 12% / 88% 0% $51,653 52 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 20 35% / 65% 15% $52,926 55 90%
Exercise Science 16 — 44% / 56% 19% $52,923 55 —
Kinesiology — — — — $52,044 53 —
Early Childhood Education 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $52,939 55 90%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering 76 86% / 14% 9% $92,968 96 95%
Civil Engineering 16 — 81% / 19% 6% $95,324 97 96%
Computer Engineering 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $93,117 96 —
Electrical Engineering 8 — 88% / 12% 0% $91,058 96 —
Mechanical Engineering 20 — 90% / 10% 15% $91,225 96 94%
Computer Science 31 — 84% / 16% 10% $93,365 97 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health 167 14% / 86% 1% $68,999 82 96%
Dietetics 8 — 12% / 88% 0% $56,471 63 —
Dental Hygiene 10 — 10% / 90% 0% $58,751 68 —
Medical Laboratory Science 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $87,661 94 94%
Nursing 89 — 13% / 87% 1% $82,295 92 94%
Public Health 34 — 18% / 82% 0% $50,313 48 100%
Human Services 7 — 0% / 100% 0% $46,926 38 96%
Social Work 16 — 19% / 81% 6% $53,576 57 97%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Community and Technical College 46 67% / 33% 0% $79,151 90 96%
Occupational Safety 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $70,055 83 —
Geomatics 10 — 70% / 30% 0% $81,479 91 96%
Applied Science Technology 15 — 87% / 13% 0% $85,088 93 96%
Aviation Technology 18 — 61% / 39% 0% $74,428 86 96%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $8,130
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $22,684
Est. In-State Cost $10,517
Est. Out-of-State Cost $29,344
ROI Percentile 77th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 71%
4-Year Graduation Rate 14%
6-Year Graduation Rate 30%
Transfer-Out Rate 21%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 25.6% 25.6% 2012 Graduated: 25.6% 25.6% 2013 Graduated: 25.5% 25.5% 2014 Graduated: 25.0% 25.0% 2015 Graduated: 24.1% 24.1% 2016 Graduated: 24.3% 24.3% 2017 Graduated: 24.3% 24.3% 2018 Graduated: 29.6% 29.6% 2019 Graduated: 28.8% 28.8% 2020 Graduated: 30.1% 30.1% 2021 Graduated: 30.5% 30.5% 2022 Graduated: 30.0% 30.0% 2023 Graduated: 28.9% 28.9% 2024 Graduated: 29.7% 29.7%

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

Men Women
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 23.9% 23.9% 2012 Men: 22.2% 22.2% 2013 Men: 23.2% 23.2% 2014 Men: 21.0% 21.0% 2015 Men: 19.6% 19.6% 2016 Men: 23.1% 23.1% 2017 Men: 23.8% 23.8% 2018 Men: 28.8% 28.8% 2019 Men: 25.8% 25.8% 2020 Men: 28.6% 28.6% 2021 Men: 27.3% 27.3% 2022 Men: 27.0% 27.0% 2023 Men: 26.9% 26.9% 2024 Men: 29.6% 29.6% 2011 Women: 26.9% 26.9% 2012 Women: 28.4% 28.4% 2013 Women: 27.1% 27.1% 2014 Women: 28.2% 28.2% 2015 Women: 27.8% 27.8% 2016 Women: 25.4% 25.4% 2017 Women: 24.7% 24.7% 2018 Women: 30.4% 30.4% 2019 Women: 31.0% 31.0% 2020 Women: 31.3% 31.3% 2021 Women: 33.3% 33.3% 2022 Women: 32.5% 32.5% 2023 Women: 30.6% 30.6% 2024 Women: 29.8% 29.8%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 12.1% 12.1% 2012 Native: 11.7% 11.7% 2013 Native: 10.5% 10.5% 2014 Native: 6.1% 6.1% 2015 Native: 11.8% 11.8% 2016 Native: 7.1% 7.1% 2017 Native: 11.4% 11.4% 2018 Native: 13.6% 13.6% 2019 Native: 13.2% 13.2% 2020 Native: 8.3% 8.3% 2021 Native: 5.8% 5.8% 2022 Native: 10.2% 10.2% 2023 Native: 9.6% 9.6% 2024 Native: 14.4% 14.4% 2011 Asian: 27.7% 27.7% 2012 Asian: 29.8% 29.8% 2013 Asian: 26.8% 26.8% 2014 Asian: 27.6% 27.6% 2015 Asian: 22.2% 22.2% 2016 Asian: 30.6% 30.6% 2017 Asian: 18.1% 18.1% 2018 Asian: 25.6% 25.6% 2019 Asian: 26.2% 26.2% 2020 Asian: 36.0% 36.0% 2021 Asian: 32.1% 32.1% 2022 Asian: 34.0% 34.0% 2023 Asian: 30.6% 30.6% 2024 Asian: 28.4% 28.4% 2011 Black: 6.8% 6.8% 2012 Black: 10.9% 10.9% 2013 Black: 25.6% 25.6% 2014 Black: 10.9% 10.9% 2015 Black: 19.5% 19.5% 2016 Black: 10.7% 10.7% 2017 Black: 13.9% 13.9% 2018 Black: 19.2% 19.2% 2019 Black: 23.7% 23.7% 2020 Black: 20.0% 20.0% 2021 Black: 11.8% 11.8% 2022 Black: 22.2% 22.2% 2023 Black: 29.3% 29.3% 2024 Black: 22.5% 22.5% 2011 Hispanic: 10.6% 10.6% 2012 Hispanic: 26.2% 26.2% 2013 Hispanic: 18.0% 18.0% 2014 Hispanic: 22.1% 22.1% 2015 Hispanic: 28.0% 28.0% 2016 Hispanic: 22.0% 22.0% 2017 Hispanic: 21.4% 21.4% 2018 Hispanic: 24.1% 24.1% 2019 Hispanic: 22.6% 22.6% 2020 Hispanic: 26.9% 26.9% 2021 Hispanic: 29.2% 29.2% 2022 Hispanic: 29.7% 29.7% 2023 Hispanic: 22.8% 22.8% 2024 Hispanic: 28.8% 28.8% 2011 White: 30.1% 30.1% 2012 White: 29.1% 29.1% 2013 White: 30.3% 30.3% 2014 White: 30.2% 30.2% 2015 White: 27.5% 27.5% 2016 White: 27.9% 27.9% 2017 White: 29.9% 29.9% 2018 White: 35.8% 35.8% 2019 White: 34.4% 34.4% 2020 White: 34.5% 34.5% 2021 White: 36.1% 36.1% 2022 White: 34.2% 34.2% 2023 White: 35.4% 35.4% 2024 White: 34.1% 34.1% 2011 International: 50.0% 50.0% 2012 International: 42.9% 42.9% 2013 International: 45.5% 45.5% 2014 International: 54.5% 54.5% 2015 International: 33.3% 33.3% 2016 International: 24.0% 24.0% 2017 International: 23.1% 23.1% 2018 International: 41.9% 41.9% 2019 International: 43.5% 43.5% 2020 International: 43.3% 43.3% 2021 International: 58.3% 58.3% 2022 International: 57.6% 57.6% 2023 International: 41.9% 41.9% 2024 International: 54.2% 54.2%

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/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 30.0% 210 28% / 72% 3% $54,765 59 89%
Health Sciences 22.1% 155 17% / 83% 3% $70,596 83 96%
Business & Economics 16.0% 112 45% / 55% 4% $65,752 78 90%
Professional 8.7% 61 52% / 48% 0% $70,302 83 94%
Engineering 6.4% 45 87% / 13% 9% $92,695 96 95%
Computer Science 4.4% 31 84% / 16% 10% $93,365 97 —
Agriculture & Food Science 4.0% 28 43% / 57% 4% $56,429 63 90%
Life & Natural Sciences 3.0% 21 43% / 57% 5% $48,205 42 100%
Arts 2.6% 18 17% / 83% 0% $32,374 7 76%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.3% 16 50% / 50% 0% $59,760 70 —
Education 0.6% 4 0% / 100% 0% $52,939 55 90%

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science $4.9M #92 76% $0.1M — — — 1
Life & Natural Sciences $4.8M #199 76% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $3.4M #179 52% $0.1M — — — 1
Physical Sciences & Math $3.2M #256 56% $0.1M — — — 2
Humanities & Social Sciences $2.4M #245 45% $0.0M 3 #297 24 —
Business & Economics $2.4M #146 37% $0 — — — —
Engineering $1.8M #252 50% $0.1M — — — —
Education $0.4M #306 88% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0 #525 — $0 — — — —
Total $23.3M #246 61% $0.4M 3 #536 24 4

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 69%
Yield (Unbound) 46%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 69% 69% 69%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015 Acceptance: 70.6% 70.6% 2016 Acceptance: 82.8% 82.8% 2017 Acceptance: 82.8% 82.8% 2018 Acceptance: 81.1% 81.1% 2019 Acceptance: 83.0% 83.0% 2020 Acceptance: 76.8% 76.8% 2021 Acceptance: 69.0% 69.0% 2022 Acceptance: 65.3% 65.3% 2023 Acceptance: 66.5% 66.5% 2015 Yield: 70.1% 70.1% 2016 Yield: 58.1% 58.1% 2017 Yield: 61.0% 61.0% 2018 Yield: 52.8% 52.8% 2019 Yield: 44.5% 44.5% 2020 Yield: 44.7% 44.7% 2021 Yield: 41.8% 41.8% 2022 Yield: 41.0% 41.0% 2023 Yield: 45.9% 45.9%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015 Applicants: 3,775 3,775 2016 Applicants: 3,626 3,626 2017 Applicants: 3,716 3,716 2018 Applicants: 3,745 3,745 2019 Applicants: 3,673 3,673 2020 Applicants: 3,081 3,081 2021 Applicants: 3,431 3,431 2022 Applicants: 4,005 4,005 2023 Applicants: 4,277 4,277 2015 Admitted: 2,665 2,665 2016 Admitted: 3,004 3,004 2017 Admitted: 3,078 3,078 2018 Admitted: 3,039 3,039 2019 Admitted: 3,047 3,047 2020 Admitted: 2,367 2,367 2021 Admitted: 2,369 2,369 2022 Admitted: 2,616 2,616 2023 Admitted: 2,845 2,845 2015 Enrolled: 1,869 1,869 2016 Enrolled: 1,744 1,744 2017 Enrolled: 1,877 1,877 2018 Enrolled: 1,606 1,606 2019 Enrolled: 1,356 1,356 2020 Enrolled: 1,057 1,057 2021 Enrolled: 990 990 2022 Enrolled: 1,072 1,072 2023 Enrolled: 1,306 1,306

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

Standardized Tests

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