Alaska Pacific University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

School profile and reference information, including highlights, admissions, student body, degrees, and contact info.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in conservation and resource management, nutrition and exercise therapy, therapy and counseling, and business and management.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• High female/male ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 803 in 2009-2010 (625 full-time equivalent).

About 43% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 57% of the class.

Undergrads are 69% of enrolled students and graduate students are 31%.

Students under 25 years old represent 41% of the student body. About 23% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 97% are full-time and 3% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Alaska Pacific provides on-campus housing for 170 of its 625 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Graduate School Focus

Alaska Pacific offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate With Arts & Sciences (Business Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (48 awarded)

• Accounting and Business/Management
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
• Finance
• Information Resources Management/CIO Training
• International Finance
• Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (18 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies
• Natural Resources Management and Policy

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (21 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (7 awarded)

• Human Services

LIBERAL ARTS (12 awarded)

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

MEDIA (1 awarded)

• Communications Technologies/Technicians & Support Services

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (4 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (18 awarded)

• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

SCIENCE (2 awarded)

• Geology/Earth Science
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (26 awarded)

• Counseling Psychology
• Psychology