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University of Alaska Southeast

Juneau, AK

University of Alaska Southeast is a public university in Juneau, Alaska, a rural area on the edge of a city or town, with 907 undergraduates. Education and natural resources are its signature fields: together they make up 32% of its bachelor's degrees, about six times their share across the colleges we cover. 28% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $48,475 ten years after starting.

Part of the University of Alaska system, with Anchorage · Fairbanks · Southeast.

University of Alaska Southeast admitted 161 of 260 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (61.9%).

Acceptance rate
61.9%
Fall 2025 class
In-state tuition
$7,056
$20,640 out of state
Paid after aid
$12,357
Average, students with aid

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 Southeast is known for

Measured by the 130 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.

Education

21.5%

of its bachelor's degrees: about six times the 3.9% share across the colleges we cover.

Natural resources

10.0%

of its bachelor's degrees: about eight times the 1.2% share across the colleges we cover.

  • Business Administration, Management and Operations3728.5% of degrees$74,392+9% vs $68,257 nationally
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods2216.9% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
  • Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)1310.0% of degrees$55,957About the $55,693 national median
  • Social Sciences1310.0% of degrees$54,226About the $53,366 national median
  • Natural Resources Conservation and Research107.7% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
  • Biology75.4% of degreesToo few graduates to publish

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

Rural, near a city or town

Juneau, AK

Undergraduates

907

Fall 2024

Type

Public

Master's university, medium programs

Living on campus

Under a quarter

of undergraduates live on campus

Students per faculty member

9 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 Southeast

Three things University of Alaska Southeast 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.

Test policy1 of 3

University of Alaska Southeast reports that test scores are not considered at all.

That is the school’s own answer on the form it fills in every year. A score you send is not read as part of the decision here.

Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025

Scores sent2 of 3

16.7% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.

Most of the enrolled class sent no SAT, so any score range would describe that share of it, not the class. Another 7.9% sent an ACT.

Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025

Cost3 of 3

Families paid $12,357 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

61.9%

161 admitted of 260 applicants

Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025

Average GPA of admitted students

3.29

Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025

Enrolled students who sent an SAT

16.7%

Counted per test: a student may send both.

Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025

Enrolled students who sent an ACT

7.9%

Counted per test: a student may send both.

Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025

Where do you actually stand at University of Alaska Southeast?

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 Southeast 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 $7,056 ($20,640 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $21,043. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $12,357 a year on average.

In-state tuition and fees

$7,056

2024–25 school year

Out-of-state tuition and fees

$20,640

2024–25 school year

Full cost, in state

$21,043

Tuition, fees, housing, food and books

Paid after aid

$12,357

Average, students who received aid

What students paid, by family income

Each bar is that figure as a share of the $21,043 full cost.

  • Under $30k$9,955Typical public university: $10,013
  • $30k–$48k$6,799Typical public university: $10,847
  • $48k–$75k$14,510Typical public university: $13,703
  • $75k–$110k$18,946Typical public university: $17,979
  • Over $110k$19,373Typical 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

28%

Our colleges' median: 63%

Return for a second year

77%

Our colleges' median: 79%

Earnings after 10 years

$48,475

Our colleges' median: $57,440

Median debt at graduation

$19,111

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.

What University of Alaska Southeast 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

Not considered

  • Essay

    Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025

  • Course rigor

    Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025

  • Test scores

    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

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