University Of Alaska Fairbanks

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small suburb.

Overview

The University of Alaska Fairbanks, also known as Alaska, or UAF, is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska System. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, the school was established in 1917 as Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines. It became the University of Alaska in 1935.

By the time Alaska became a state in 1959, students could earn Ph.D.s there. UAF remains the only campus in the state that awards doctoral degrees and is one of the few sea-, land- and space-grant schools in the country.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks attracts large numbers of nontraditional students as well as students from 52 foreign countries.

The University of Alaska Museum of the North is located on the Fairbanks campus. In addition, UAF has seven other rural and urban campuses spread throughout the state.

The university is organized into the following academic divisions:

• Graduate School
• The College of Engineering and Mines
• The College of Liberal Arts
• The College of Natural Science and Mathematics
• The College of Rural and Community Development
• The School of Education
• The School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
• The School of Management
• The School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences

UAF is the principal research center for the statewide university system, emphasizing high-tech, high-latitude research in these major units:

• agricultural and forestry experiment station
• Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
• Geophysical Institute
• Institute of Arctic Biology
• Institute of Marine Science
• Institute of Northern Engineering
• International Arctic Research Center

Among UAF's notable alumni are: Bill Stolz, member of the Alaska House of Representatives; Jamie Smith, cartoonist and comic-strip creator; Neil Brown, member of the Legislative Body of alberta Canada; Bob Bartletter, U.S. Senator from Alaska; Evelyn Bly, Miss Alaska 1960, also teacher and entrepreneur; T. Neil Davis, geophysicist and Professor Emeritus of university; David Crouse, short-story writer and teacher; and Nicholas Hughes, fisheries biologist, son of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.

UAF's sports teams are all known as "Nanooks," dervied from the Inupiaq Eskimo word for "polar bear." Athletics include men's and women's baseketball, swimming and volleyball, rifle, hockey and cross-country running and skiing teams.

The university is home to more than 100 active student organizations on campus--including student clubs, honor societies, campus clubs, and Greek Life organizations--and the Fairbanks Summer Arts Fetival.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in conservation and resource management, science, mechanics and repair, engineering, liberal arts, and music.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
• High faculty salary.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• Numerous part-time students.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Intensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

University Of Alaska Fairbanks participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 71% of students received financial aid of some sort.

(Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.)

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 8,575 in 2009-2010 (5,810 full-time equivalent).

About 50% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 50% of the class.

Undergrads are 91% of enrolled students and graduate students are 9%.

Students under 25 years old represent 50% of the student body. About 18% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 82% are full-time and 18% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

University Of Alaska Fairbanks provides on-campus housing for 1,467 of its 5,810 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 52 male students received the aid (men were 51% of those receiving aid) and 50 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 49% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

University Of Alaska Fairbanks offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is STEM Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (17 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (99 awarded)

• Accounting
• Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (15 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (44 awarded)

• Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
• Natural Resources Management and Policy
• Natural Resources and Conservation
• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (7 awarded)

• Carpentry/Carpenter

COOKING AND CULINARY ARTS (4 awarded)

• Culinary Arts/Chef Training

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (5 awarded)

• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (93 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Assistant/Aide

ENGINEERING (79 awarded)

• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering
• Engineering/Industrial Management
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Geological/Geophysical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mining and Mineral Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (40 awarded)

• Drafting and Design Technology/Technician
• Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians
• Industrial Safety Technology/Technician
• Industrial Technology/Technician
• Instrumentation Technology/Technician
• Mining and Petroleum Technologies/Technicians

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (35 awarded)

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
• Child Development
• Community Organization and Advocacy
• Social Work

LAW (3 awarded)

• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (201 awarded)

• American Indian/Native American Studies
• Anthropology
• Applied Economics
• Area Studies
• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Geography
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Studies
• Sociology
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies
• Technical and Business Writing

MATHEMATICS (12 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics

MECHANICS AND REPAIR (51 awarded)

• Aircraft Powerplant Technology/Technician
• Airframe Mechanics and Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician
• Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
• Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician
• Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician
• Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies

MEDIA (18 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Journalism

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (3 awarded)

• Health and Medical Administrative Services
• Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (22 awarded)

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant
• Dental Assisting/Assistant
• Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
• Medical/Clinical Assistant
• Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician/Veterinary Assistant

MEDICINE (7 awarded)

• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

MUSIC (21 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (0 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (5 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (4 awarded)

• Construction Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (4 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (122 awarded)

• Astrophysics
• Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Geophysics and Seismology
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
• Molecular Biology
• Natural Sciences
• Oceanography, Chemical and Physical
• Physics
• Zoology/Animal Biology

SCIENCE AND LABORATORY TECHNICIAN (0 awarded)

• Science Technologies/Technicians

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (60 awarded)

• Corrections and Criminal Justice
• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
• Criminal Justice/Police Science
• Fire Science/Fire-fighting

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (76 awarded)

• Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
• Psychology

TRANSPORTATION (0 awarded)

• Aviation/Airway Management and Operations