University of Alaska Fairbanks Business Programs

Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, University of Alaska Fairbanks is a public institution. UAF is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UAF has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#5	Best Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#12	Best Accounting Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#29	Best General Business Administration and Management Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#33	Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#47	Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans	College Factual

Where Is University of Alaska Fairbanks?

Contact details for UAF are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1731 South Chandalar Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775
Phone:	907-474-7034
Website:	www.uaf.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/uafairbanks
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/uafairbanksumblr.com

How Do I Get Into UAF?

You can apply to UAF online at: uaf.edu/admissions/apply/#now

Admission Requirements for UAF

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UAF?

With an acceptance rate of 67%, UAF does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 64%, and the acceptance rate for women is 69%.

Average Test Scores

About 30% of students accepted to UAF submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 640. Math scores were between 520 and 630.

UAF received ACT scores from 30% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 26. Composite scores were between 18 and 26.

Can I Afford University of Alaska Fairbanks?

The overall average net price of UAF is $33,073. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UAF, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $7,078 a year. That adds up to $28,312 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UAF is 8.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

University of Alaska Fairbanks Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,850 undergraduate students at UAF, with 2,399 being full-time and 3,451 being part-time.

There are also 963 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,399 full-time undergraduates at UAF, 47% are male and 53% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Alaska Fairbanks students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	53
Black or African American	80
Hispanic or Latino	190
White	1,312
International Students	49
Other Races/Ethnicities	715

Geographic Diversity

Alaska students aren't the only ones who study at University of Alaska Fairbanks. At this time, 26 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 47 countries are represented at UAF. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Canada, and China.

Online Learning at University of Alaska Fairbanks

In 2019-2020, 6,106 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UAF has changed over the last few years.

This school is the most popular in Alaska for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of UAF

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of Alaska Fairbanks was $7,176 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $21,312. The following table shows how UAF is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Accounting	#66	#232
Accounting	#66	#250

Online Affordability Rankings of UAF Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of Alaska Fairbanks was $7,176 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $21,312. The following table shows how UAF is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Accounting	#47	#219
Accounting	#47	#185

Online Growth Rankings of UAF

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Alaska Fairbanks was 17.4%. This is the #628 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at UAF regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at UAF ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at UAF.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Executive/Career Coaching	#1
Other Management Information Systems and Services	#7
Management Information Systems	#76
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	#162
Human Resource Management	#169
Accounting	#202
Accounting	#359

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of Alaska Fairbanks Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	29	9	51	0	44	133
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	15	11	10	0	0	0	36
Accounting	0	0	0	19	1	0	20
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	9	0	0	0	0	0	9
Construction Management	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
Office Administration	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Banking and Financial Support Services	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Other Economics	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Operations Management	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Executive/Career Coaching	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Management Information Systems and Services	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Economics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	26	44	19	70	1	45	205

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Burntorange72 under License

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