Graduate Programs at University of Alaska Fairbanks

Graduate School Overview

University of Alaska Fairbanks (referred to as UAF) is a Public, 4 years school located in Fairbanks, AK. It is classified as a Research University (high research activity) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship.

The school is accredited by Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (9/1/1934 - Current).

UAF Directory Information
School Name	University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)
Address	1731 South Chandalar Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775
Phone	907-474-7034
Web	https://www.uaf.edu
Online Application	https://uaf.edu/admissions/apply/#now
Financial Info	https://www.uaf.edu/finaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at University of Alaska Fairbanks is $13,268 for Alaska residents and $25,873 for out-of-state students. The school has 982 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 6,826 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 200 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research). Among them, 61 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$25,873 $13,268 for Alaska Residents
Student Population	982
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	200 graduate programs (61 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	12 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at University of Alaska Fairbanks is $13,268 for Alaska residents and $25,873 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $552 for Alaska residents and $1,132 for out-of-state students.

University of Alaska Fairbanks offers the alternative tuition plans.

University of Alaska Fairbanks offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, remedial services, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	61 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Remedial services Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of Alaska Fairbanks is $13,268 for Alaska residents and $25,873 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.48% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Alaska Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$9,878	$1,666	$20,766	$2,090
2019-2020	$10,414	$1,842	$21,904	$2,289
2020-2021	$10,568	$1,586	$22,227	$2,060
2021-2022	$11,265	$1,693	$23,095	$2,153
2022-2023	$11,535	$1,733	$23,647	$2,226

The graduate school tuition & fees of UAF is average compared to public graduate schools in Alaska. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the Alaska graduate tuition is $24,119 (public) / $12,110 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of Alaska Fairbanks	$13,268	$25,873
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
Alaska Graduate Schools	$12,112	$21,117
Public	$12,113	$24,119
Private	$12,110

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $14,900 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at University of Alaska Fairbanks. On-campus living costs are increased by 0.83% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $16,300. Off-campus living costs are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$8,974	$2,650	$12,050	$4,250
2019-2020	$10,440	$2,650	$12,050	$4,250
2020-2021	$10,540	$2,650	$12,050	$4,250
2021-2022	$10,540	$2,650	$12,050	$4,250
2022-2023	$10,650	$2,650	$12,050	$4,250

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $552 for Alaska residents and $1,132 for other students at University of Alaska Fairbanks. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 2.44% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Alaska Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$489	$1,028
2019-2020	$513	$1,079
2020-2021	$513	$1,079
2021-2022	$539	$1,105
2022-2023	$552	$1,132

Graduate Programs at UAF

University of Alaska Fairbanks offers 76 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 273 students have completed their study at University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Offered Degrees at University of Alaska Fairbanks
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	40	10	195
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	19	2	39
Post Bachelor's Degree	17	8	39
Total	76	20	273

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at University of Alaska Fairbanks by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Secondary Education and Teaching program with 20 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 44 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management program with 6 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of Alaska Fairbanks
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	20	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	12	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	9	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✔	8	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	6	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of Alaska Fairbanks
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✔	44	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	37	-
Education	✕	29	-
Education	✕	26	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	14	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of Alaska Fairbanks
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	6	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	5	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	5	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	5	-
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management	✕	4	-

University of Alaska Fairbanks offers 76 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 273 students have completed their graduate studies.

195 students have earned/completed Master's program.
39 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	0	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	14	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✔ (2 completers)	1 completers	-
Area Studies (other)	✔	1	-
American Indian/Native American Studies	✔	0	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	4	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	2	-
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	44 completers	-
Education	✕	26	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	5	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✔	13	-
Engineering [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Civil Engineering	✕	4	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	5	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	1	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	2	-
Mining and Mineral Engineering	✕	1	-
Petroleum Engineering	✕	3	-
Geological/Geophysical Engineering	✕	1	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	4	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	7 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	2	-
Creative Writing	✕	5	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	7	-
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	✕	3	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	0	-
Statistics	✕	3	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Marine Sciences	✕	0	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	0	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	18 completers	-
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology	✕	4	-
Chemistry	✕	3	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	6	-
Geophysics and Seismology	✕	1	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✔	4	-
Physics	✕	0	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (2 completers)	19 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✔	7	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	✔	12	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
Community Organization and Advocacy	✔	2	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	0	-
Economics (other)	✕	1	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	3	-
Music Performance	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
International Public Health/International Health	✔	2	-
Business [+]	✔	44 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	44	-
	Total	195

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	0	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	6	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
American Indian/Native American Studies	✔	2	-
Engineering [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Engineering	✕	3	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	2	-
Biochemistry	✕	1	-
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	✕	2	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	0	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	3	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	3	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	10 completers	-
Astrophysics	✕	0	-
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology	✕	1	-
Chemistry (other)	✕	1	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	1	-
Geophysics and Seismology	✕	4	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✔	2	-
Physics	✕	1	-
Psychology [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Psychology	✕	4	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	3	-
	Total	39

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	37 completers	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	6	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✔	8	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	9	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	12	-
Art Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Engineering [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Systems Engineering	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Computational and Applied Mathematics	✕	0	-
Statistics	✕	0	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	1	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (2 completers)	0 completers	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	✔	0	-
Critical Infrastructure Protection	✔	0	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Community Organization and Advocacy	✔	0	-
Business [+]	✔	1 completers	-
Accounting	✔	1	-
Executive/Career Coaching	✔	0	-
Management Information Systems and Services (other)	✔	0	-
	Total	39

Graduate Student Population at UAF

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 982 students enrolled into University of Alaska Fairbanks graduate schools where it has total 6,826 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 366 full-time and 616 part-time graduate students. By gender, 380 male and 602 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	982	380	602
Full-time	366	155	211
Part-tme	616	225	391

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 590 White (60.08%), 14 Black/African American (1.43%), 51 Hispanic (5.19%), 24 Asian (2.44%), and 303 students with other races. 87 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	982	380	602
American Indian/Native American	53	10	43
Asian	24	8	16
Black/African American	14	6	8
Hispanic	51	16	35
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	1	4
White	590	230	360
Two More	69	21	48
Un-Known	89	32	57
Non-resident Alien	87	56	31

University of Alaska Fairbanks offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 522 graduate students (53.16% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 235 graduate students (23.93% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	982
Enrolled Online Exclusively	522
Enrolled Some Online Courses	235
Not in Online Courses	225

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of Alaska Fairbanks. 160 students are aged 20 to 24 (16.29% of total students), 93 students are aged above 50 (9.47%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	982	380	602
Age 20-21	9	5	4
Age 22-24	151	63	88
Age 25-29	268	108	160
Age 30-34	191	83	108
Age 35-39	132	49	83
Age 40-49	137	48	89
Age 50-64	81	21	60
Over 64	12	2	10
Age Un-Known	1	1	0

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