| Location: | Alaska & Hawaii |
| Setting: | Small Town Setting |
| Type: | Public |
| Size: | Large (5,000 to 10,000 Undergrad) |
| Mascot: | Nanooks |
The University of Alaska Fairbanks, located in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska System, and is abbreviated as Alaska or UAF. UAF is a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institution, as well as participating in the sun-grant program through Oregon State University. It is also the site where the Alaska Constitution was signed in 1956. UAF was established in 1917 as the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, first opening for classes in 1922.
UAF is home to seven major research units: the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station; the Geophysical Institute, which operates the Poker Flat Research Range; the International Arctic Research Center; the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center; the Institute of Arctic Biology; the Institute of Marine Science; and the Institute of Northern Engineering. Located just 200 miles south of the Arctic Circle, the Fairbanks campus's unique location is situated favorably for Arctic and northern research. The campus's several lines of research are renowned worldwide, most notably in Arctic biology, Arctic engineering, geophysics, supercomputing, and aboriginal studies. The University of Alaska Museum of the North is also on the Fairbanks campus.
In addition to the Fairbanks campus, UAF encompasses seven rural and urban campuses: Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham; Chukchi Campus in Kotzebue; Interior-Aleutians Campus, which covers both the Aleutian Islands and the Interior; Kuskokwim Campus in Bethel; Northwest Campus in Nome; and the Tanana Valley Campus in Fairbanks, UAF's community college arm. Fairbanks is also the home of the UAF Center for Distance Education, an independent learning and distance delivery program.
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| Percent of Students International: | 4% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 25% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Basketball (Great Northwest Athletic Conference) Track (Great Northwest Athletic Conference) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | In-State | Out-of-State | |
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 3,946 | $ 10,890 | |
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 3,480 | $ 11,100 | |
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 676 | $ 676 | |
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 2,926 | 22% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 3,594 | 32% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 6,617 | 31% | |
Any Aid: |
64% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 73% (Selective) |
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| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 49% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 460, Math: 450 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 600, Math: 580 |
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| % of Students Submitting ACT Scores: | 31% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Composite: 17, Verbal: 16, Math: 17 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Composite: 24, Verbal: 23, Math: 24 |
| Application Fee: | $ 40.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Not Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Not Required |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Not Required |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Not Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
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Is it a great college, it's one I'm looking into so help if you know anything about the school. It would be great for anyone who has gone or is going to UAF!!! Thank you for any info!!
18 months ago
Best Answer
I haven't heard anything bad about UAF but I was up there last year and wow! it's really far out there! Fairbanks is hardly a wide space in the road and it's a long way from Anchorage, which is just a modest sixed town and Anchorage is a long way from the rest of the world.
Don't go there unless you visit first, and preferably during the school year, not during the summer when the tourists are around and life is beautiful....
But, if you like it when you visit, then Go for it!
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I am considering tranfering to an Alaskan University, I don't know whether University of Alaska-Fairbanks or University of Alaska-Anchorage. I am a Biology major, I just want to know what it is it like to study in one of those universities, or if you have any comments or personal experiences that you may want to share. All the information that you can give me it will be greatly appreciated, and please just dont copy paste the information from the universities website. Please explain why is it good or bad. Or should I consider other schools... Thank you
19 months ago
Best Answer
I can answer this question as I am currently a bio major at UAF. As with any important decision I will list the pros and cons of studying at UAF.
Pros: hands-on professors, ample research opportunity, ability to get personal attention at multiple times (outside office hours), great biological diversity of Fairbanks, is the state's premeir university with regards to biological sciences, lots of flexibility with regards to individual circumstances
Cons: Much of staff is determined to teach you their area- no matter how irrelevant to your interest (or the course), Temperature frequently dips into -40F, you're often indoors the entire day, many people live in cabins w/o water and don't bathe.
Hope this helps to influence your decision.
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