University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK
University of Alaska Fairbanks is a public research university in Fairbanks, Alaska, a small city, with 4,207 undergraduates. Criminal justice and interdisciplinary studies are its signature fields: together they make up 21% of its bachelor's degrees, about four times their share across the colleges we cover. 38% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $48,866 ten years after starting.
Part of the University of Alaska system, with Anchorage · Fairbanks · Southeast.
University of Alaska Fairbanks admitted 3,749 of 5,836 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (64.2%).
- Acceptance rate
- 64.2%
- Fall 2025 class
- In-state tuition
- $8,736
- $22,320 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $10,892
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1050–1280
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What University of Alaska Fairbanks is known for
Measured by the 444 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Criminal justice
11.0%
of its bachelor's degrees: about five times the 2.2% share across the colleges we cover.
Interdisciplinary studies
10.4%
of its bachelor's degrees: three and a half times the 2.9% share across the colleges we cover.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations5111.5% of degrees$70,539About the $68,257 national median
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)4510.1% of degrees$59,348+7% vs $55,693 nationally
- Psychology368.1% of degrees$43,764−14% vs $50,706 nationally
- Homeland Security327.2% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Biology286.3% of degrees$41,862−27% vs $57,214 nationally
- Social Work235.2% of degrees$53,559About the $51,790 national median
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Small city
Fairbanks, AK
Undergraduates
4,207
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral university, high research activity
Living on campus
Under a quarter
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
11 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
1%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at University of Alaska Fairbanks
Three things University of Alaska Fairbanks published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
The admit rate fell from 76% to 65% over 3 years.
Both ends are measured rates from the federal survey, for classes that have already enrolled: a rate that moved, not a forecast.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, over 3 years
11% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 7% sent an ACT. University of Alaska Fairbanks files test scores under “considered”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $10,892 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
64.2%
3,749 admitted of 5,836 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1050–1280
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
17–28
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.48
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
11%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
7%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at University of Alaska Fairbanks?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What University of Alaska Fairbanks costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $8,736 ($22,320 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $22,407. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $10,892 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$8,736
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$22,320
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$22,407
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$10,892
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $22,407 full cost.
- Under $30k$7,992Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$6,065Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$11,323Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$15,526Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$17,512Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
38%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
74%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$48,866
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$20,291
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 3 years the admit rate fell from 76% to 65%.
What University of Alaska Fairbanks says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Essay
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Course rigor
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendations
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rank
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Rolling AdmissionJune 15, 2027
Verified August 17, 2026 · Source
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Alaska
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- University of Alaska Anchorage66.5%
- University of Alaska Southeast61.9%
- Alaska Pacific University86.2%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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