UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS Facts & Figures Institutional Profile Fall 2017 Freshman Profile Founded: 1917 Freshmen direct from high school: 65.8 percent Location: Fairbanks, Alaska High school GPA of 3.5 or greater: 41 percent (city population approx. 32,000; borough approx. 98,000) Average high school GPA: 3.3 Chancellor: Daniel M. White Average ACT composite: 22 Faculty (regular and adjunct): 562 From Alaska: 722 Staff (full- and part-time): 2,498 From outside Alaska: 83 Student employees: 901 International students: 7 Student-faculty ratio: 11 to 1 (from Canada, Germany, Norway, Thailand) Alumni: 35,000 UA Scholars: 132 Nickname: Nanooks Female: 53 percent School colors: Blue and gold Male: 47 percent Unknown: 1 percent Fall 2017 Students African-American: 4.2 percent Enrollment: 8,720 Alaska Native/American Indian: 26.9 percent (from all 50 states and 40 countries) Asian: 5.3 percent Undergraduate: 87.8 percent Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 1.4 percent Graduate: 12.2 percent Caucasian: 56.5 percent International: 2 percent Other/unspecified: 5.8 percent Female: 58 percent Hispanic ethnicity: 8 percent included in the reported race Male: 41 percent Unknown: 1 percent Colleges and Schools Median age: 26 UAF has nine colleges and schools that offer 177 Freshmen living on Fairbanks campus: 39.5 percent degrees and certificates in 111 disciplines. College of Engineering and Mines Race College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences African-American: 3 percent College of Liberal Arts Alaska Native/American Indian: 21.1 percent College of Natural Science and Mathematics Asian: 4 percent College of Rural and Community Development Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 1 percent Community and Technical College Caucasian: 53.2 percent School of Education Other/unspecified: 17.7 percent School of Management Hispanic ethnicity: 5.8 percent included in the reported races School of Natural Resources and Extension Undergraduate Research Degrees Granted, May 2018 UAF offers undergraduate students many ways to Number of graduates: 1,352 get hands-on experience — 41 percent of students Li censures and Bachelor’s: 533 who received a bachelor’s degree completed a occupational Master’s: 191 research, thesis or honors project in 2016-2017. endorsements: 195 Doctoral: 55 Tuition, Fees and Housing Certificates: 187 Honorary: 3 Associate: 281 For information on costs, visit www.uaf.edu/finaid/costs/. Research Athletics UAF is the principal research center for the Men’s ice hockey statewide university system and emphasizes high- NCAA Division I Western Collegiate Hockey Association tech, high-latitude research in these major units: Men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station cross-country running, women’s volleyball Geophysical Institute NCAA Division II Great Northwest Athletic Conference Institute of Arctic Biology Men’s and women’s cross-country skiing Institute of Marine Science NCAA Multidivisional Central Collegiate Ski Association Institute of Northern Engineering Women’s swimming International Arctic Research Center NCAA Division II Pacific Collegiate Swim and Dive Research expenditures, FY17: $106 million Conference Men’s and women’s rifle Locations Patriot Rifle Conference, 10-time NCAA champions UAF is a Land, Sea and Space Grant university with locations throughout Alaska. Campus Enrollment, Fall 2017 * Bristol Bay Campus, Dillingham: 535 Chukchi Campus, Kotzebue: 191 Fairbanks Campus: 5,667 Interior Alaska Campus: 416 Toolik Lake Kuskokwim Campus, Bethel: 522 Northwest Campus, Nome: 362 Shishmaref Kotzebue Chukchi Fort Yukon Community and Technical College: 2,423 eLearning & Distance Education: 3,040 Nome Fairbanks Northwest Community & Technical College * Students who attended more than one campus are counted in Galena Interior Alaska Unalakleet each campus’ totals but only once in the overall total. Eielson Air Force Base Nenana Delta Junction McGrath Tok Palmer Bethel Anchorage Kuskokwim Togiak New Stuyahok Soldotna/Kenai Cordova Dillingham Seward Bristol Bay Seldovia King Salmon Juneau Kodiak Sitka Petersburg Unalaska Thorne Bay Ketchikan Fairbanks-based campuses Rural campuses CRCD learning centers Off-campus research stations Cooperative Extension Service Marine Advisory Program Naturally Inspiring. UAF is an AA/EO employer and educational institution and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination/. Produced by UAF University Relations. 08/2018 Office of Admissions Signers’ Hall • P.O. Box 757480 Fairbanks, AK 99775-7480 907-474-7500 • 800-478-1823 [email protected] www.uaf.edu/admissions/.