UAA STUDENT PROFILE Fall 2009 All Campuses

Distinguishing Characteristics Headcount Distribution

PWSCC, 6% PWSCC, 8% he University of Anchorage (UAA) is a multi-campus Mat-Su, 8% public university serving a diverse range of communities Mat-Su, 8% T Kodiak, 3% throughout Southcentral Alaska. The university consists of a large urban Kodiak, 4% Kenai, 9% campus in Anchorage and four community campuses, Fall 99 Fall 09 College (KPC), , Matanuska-Susitna College, and Kenai, 8% the separately accredited Prince William Sound Community College (PWSCC). KPC has campus locations in Soldotna and Homer, and Anchorage, 72% Anchorage, 74% extension sites in Seward and Anchorage. PWSCC is comprised of the campus in Valdez and extension sites in Cordova and Copper Basin. UAA also has extended campuses in Chugiak/Eagle River and Military Education centers at Fort Richardson and Elmendorf Air Force Base. University of Alaska Anchorage Total Credit Students Fall 99 Fall 09 Headcount 18,574 20,368 There are significant differences between the student profiles at each campus, reflective of their relative sizes and the communities they serve. % age 18-24 33% 44% UAA’s student profile also reflects the dual mission of academic excellence % cert/degree-seeking 44% 65%

and open access. The fastest-growing segments of the population include % Minority 18% 23% traditional-age students and those seeking degrees. % First Time Freshmen 5% 10%

% fulltime 32% 38% Every UAA campus has increased its percentage of minority students, first time freshmen, and full-time students in the last ten years. % female 61% 59%

Matanuska-Susitna College Anchorage Campus Credit Students Fall 99 Fall 09 Credit Students Fall 99 Fall 09 Headcount 1,448 1,782 Headcount 13,148 15,662

% Age 18-24 28% 44% % Age 18-24 38% 48%

% Cert/degree-seeking 22% 37% % Cert/degree-seeking 55% 70%

% Minority 7% 13% % Minority 21% 25%

% First Time Freshmen 4% 11% % First Time Freshmen 8% 10%

% Full Time 23% 25% % Full Time 39% 40%

% Female 70% 65% % Female 61% 60%

Prince Kodiak College Kenai Peninsula College William Sound Community College Credit Students Fall 99 Fall 09 Credit Students Fall 99 Fall 09 Credit Students Fall 99 Fall 09 Headcount 677 513 Headcount 1,441 1,983 Headcount 1,552 1,286

% Age 18-24 16% 29% % Age 18-24 23% 40% % Age 18-24 11% 21%

% Cert/degree-seeking 11% 24% % Cert/degree-seeking 16% 34% % Cert/degree-seeking 10% 10%

% Minority 20% 25% % Minority 8% 17% % Minority 13% 20%

% First Time Freshmen 1% 5% % First Time Freshmen 3% 7% % First Time Freshmen 1% 2%

% Full Time 3% 8% % Full Time 19% 20% % Full Time 6% 7%

% Female 70% 70% % Female 66% 58% % Female 49% 43% UAA STUDENT PROFILE Fall 2009 Headcount Trends, by Campus

tudent headcount increased 10% overall from Fall 1999 to Fall S2009. Reflecting a surge in activity, the 3% increase in headcount between Fall 2008 and Fall 2009 was the largest percentage change (increase or decrease) in the last five years. Mat-Su Between Fall 1999 and Fall 2009, operating conditions varied Anchorage considerably in the communities we serve, contributing to economic volatility and declines at some of our smaller campuses. Upward trends in headcount are continuing at Kenai Peninsula College and Matanuska- Susitna College. Kodiak Kenai PWSCC

Headcount 25,000 Fall 08 Fall 09 Change Anchorage 15,359 15,662 2% Kenai 1,699 1,983 17% Kodiak 559 513 -8% Mat-Su 1,636 1,782 9% Total UAA 20,000 PWSCC 1,143 1,286 13%

Between Fall 1999 and Fall 2009 Anchorage Kenai increased...... 38% 15,000 Mat-Su increased ...... 23% Anchorage increased...... 19% Total UAA increased...... 10% PWSCC decreased...... -17% Kodiak decreased...... -24% 10,000

2,000 Kenai Mat-Su 5,000

1,500 PWSCC

0 1,000 Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

Kodiak 500 Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

Source: UAA Factbook 2009 Table 1.01. 2 2 Fall 2009 UAA STUDENT PROFILE Trends by Student Characteristics All Campuses

he largest increase in overall enrollment in the last 10 years came Credit Students Fall 99 Fall 09 Change in certificate/degree seeking students, with 5,096 more students T Headcount 18,574 20,368 10% enrolling since Fall 1999. This category also posted a 15% increase Cert/Degree-Seeking 8,084 13,180 63% between Fall 2008 and Fall 2009. These students now comprise 65% of Traditional age (18-24) 6,166 9,063 47% the entire student body across all campuses. Male 7,137 8305 16% Traditional age student (18-24) enrollment continued its steady Full-Time 5,870 7,774 32% growth, now comprising 45% of total enrollment across all campuses. The vast majority of these students are enrolled at the Anchorage Ethnic Minority 3,382 4,634 37% campus. This population increased 5% between Fall 2008 and Fall First-Time Freshmen 955 2,087 118% 2009. However, the mean age of the student body on all campuses was 30 years old in 2009, showing significant non-traditional age student enrollment.

Enrollment of Males increased 27% over the last 10 years, with a 15% 22,000 increase between Fall 2008 and Fall 2009. They composed 44% of the Total Headcount student body on all campuses during this past year. 20,000 Full-time student enrollment continued a long term trend of increasing numbers, with the only break in this pattern being a 3% decline in Fall 18,000 2005. They comprised 38% of the student population in Fall 2009, with slightly more women than men enrolling as full-time. 16,000

In Fall 2009, ethnic minority students composed 23% of the student 14,000 population of the UAA, though the number of minority students on all Cert/Degree Seeking campuses decreased by 4% between Fall 2008 and Fall 2009. Alaska 12,000 Native and Asian/Pacific Islanders comprise 63% of this student population, with Hispanics as the next largest ethnic identification. 10,000 First-time Freshmen now comprise 10% of the entire student body Age 18-24 Male across all campuses, with 77% of them enrolling at the Anchorage 8,000 campus. This group has more than doubled since Fall 1999, with a 11% Full Time

increase between Fall 2008 and Fall 2009 alone. 6,000 Ethnic Minority 4,000

First-time Freshmen 2,000

0 Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

Source: UAA Factbook 2009 Table 1.01. 2 3 3 UAA STUDENT PROFILE Fall 2009 Non-Credit Students

AA served over 1,800 students in Adult Basic Education, Non-Credit Units by Type, Fall 09 Unon-credit, and continuing education courses in Fall 2009. In contrast to credit students (the majority of whom are served by the Anchorage campus), the majority of non-credit students are served by the community campuses, with the largest numbers at Prince William

Sound Community College and Kenai Peninsula College. The non- ABE, 29% credit population also tended to be older than the credit population, with a mean age of 33 as compared to 30 years old for credit students Other, 34% in Fall 2009.

Headcount trend. The numbers of non-credit students declined 45% between Fall 1999 and Fall 2005, from a high of 1,429 to a low CEU, 37% of 790. They have rebounded 41% in the four years since, for a total of 1,348 in Fall 2009. The overall reduction over the ten-year period is 6%.

Non-Credit Headcount by Campus, Fall 09 Non-Credit Units by Campus and Type, Fall 09 800 PWSCC 709 700 PWSCC 600 Mat-Su 500

400 Kenai Kenai 300 278 Kodiak 200 Anchorage 135 Kodiak Mat-Su 105 121 100 Anchorage 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 0 10% 8% 21% 9% 53% ABE CEU Other

Non-Credit Ten-year Headcount Trend 3000

2500

2000 Total UAA 1500

1000 CEU Other 500 ABE

0 Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

Source: UAA IR Non-Credit Course Students, Fall 2009 Closing and UAA Non Credit Courses, AY2009-10: Summer 2009, Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 as of opening Freeze on February 10, 2010. 4 4