Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 14.4-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 236 Title IV programs, 12 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 224 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing12 · 5.1%
- No Data224 · 94.9%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Programmatic accreditations · 4
Action history · 5
- Apr 2025Initial AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (PNUR) - Practical nursing programs
- Feb 2021Renewal of AccreditationNorthwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
- Oct 2019Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Clinical Psychology (CLPSY) - PhD Doctoral programs
- Oct 2019Renewal of AccreditationNorthwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,943 students received $8.7M in Pell grants, alongside $9.8M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,073 borrowers who entered repayment, 30 (2.7%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at UAF
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 6
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus20
- Non-campus5
Includes 13 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Sexual orientation2
- Race1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 7 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
UAF vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions UAF selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks | 38% | 64.7% | 6,893 | $10,892 | R2 Research |
| 69% | 90.5% | 9,110 | $11,983 | R2 Research | |
| 48% | 97.4% | 12,326 | $9,320 | R2 Research | |
| 55% | 93.7% | 18,492 | $4,564 | R2 Research | |
| 53% | 90.9% | 19,951 | $9,552 | R2 Research | |
| 57% | 95.3% | 24,427 | $7,000 | R2 Research | |
| Peer group median | 54% | 92.3% | 15,409 | $9,436 |
Institutions like UAF
Explore the federal data for institutions in UAF's comparison group.
- R2 ResearchCalifornia
University of California-Merced
Grad rate69%Admit rate90.5%Enrollment9,110Net price$11,983View data - R2 ResearchCalifornia
California State University-East Bay
Grad rate48%Admit rate97.4%Enrollment12,326Net price$9,320View data - R2 ResearchCalifornia
California State University-San Bernardino
Grad rate55%Admit rate93.7%Enrollment18,492Net price$4,564View data - R2 ResearchOregon
Portland State University
Grad rate53%Admit rate90.9%Enrollment19,951Net price$9,552View data - R2 ResearchCalifornia
California State University-Fresno
Grad rate57%Admit rate95.3%Enrollment24,427Net price$7,000View data
UAF Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Planning, Analysis and Institutional Research offers a broad array of decision support services to all members of the university community. Its primary purpose is to facilitate the analysis and interpretation of institutional data and the provision of information to support planning and decision making.
Visit IR office page- Chantelle McGinnessDirector
- Kelly OttPerformance Analyst
- Joseph RenInstitutional Research Analyst
- Derek BastilleData Support and Application Developer
- Julia ManfrediniInstitutional Reporting Specialist
- KC CasortResearch Specialist
Common Data Set
UAF's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C13,677 applied → 2,284 admitted (62.1%) → 848 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Accessible — 62.1% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rate varies by gender.
SAT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% SAT 1070–1310 (median 1190).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 18–25 (median 22).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $25,210 (2025-2026).
Sticker vs. net price
G+HSticker $25,210 → about $14,263 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($10,947); 63% of demonstrated need is met.
Where grant aid comes from
H130% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H535% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $27,104 on average.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 39%; first-year retention 74%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 14 pts below the overall rate (25% vs 39%).
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I378% of classes have under 20 students; 2% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~25% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B21% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Undergrad vs graduate
B15,912 undergraduates and 1,070 graduate students.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D1941 transfer applicants → 621 admitted (66.0%) → 370 enrolled
Source publications
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