Graduate Programs & Tuition at University of Alaska Fairbanks

University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) is a four-year, public school located in Fairbanks, AK.

It offers 85 graduate programs - 43 Master's, 21 Doctorate, and 21 Post-bachelor's. The 2025 average graduate tuition & fees is $13,040 for in-state and $25,060 for out-of-state students.

A total of 1,066 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 6,893 students at UAF. UAF offers online graduate programs and 375 out of 1,066 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

You can find UAF's health profession programs at health professions information page.

Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2024-2025, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $13,040 for Alaska residents and $25,060 for out-of-state students. It offers eighty-five (85) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks
TypeFour-year, Public
Address1731 South Chandalar Drive, Fairbanks, AK
Graduate School Students1,002 students
375 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2024-2025)In-State$13,040
Out-of-State$25,060
Student to Faculty11:1 (9.09%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 85 Graduate Programs
43 Master's, 21 Doctorate, 21 Post graduate certificates

2025 Graduate Program Tuition at University of Alaska Fairbanks

The following tables describe 2024-2025 graduate tuition & fees at University of Alaska Fairbanks with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Alaska residents, the tuition & fees are $13,040 and $25,060 for non-Alaska residents.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $539 for Alaska residents and $1,105 for out-of-state students.

2025 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$11,447$23,467
Fees$1,593$1,593
Cost per Credit$539$1,105
Books & Supplies$1,200
Room & Board$10,590 (On-Campus) / $13,750 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$3,750 (On-Campus) / $3,750 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$28,580$40,600
Off-Campus Total$31,740$43,760
Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2021-2025)
2020-20212021-20222022-20232023-20242024-2025
In-State$12,154$12,958$13,268$13,181$13,040
Out-of-State$24,287$25,248$25,873$25,703$25,060

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

University of Alaska Fairbanks offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 85 major areas - 43 Master's (11 online programs), 21 Doctorate (2 online programs), 21 Post-Bachelor's (12 online programs). 205 students have been conferred Master's degree and 31 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total2053152-
Men731422-
Women1321730-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective ServicesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Area Studies (other)ONLINE NOT OFFER 1ONLINE NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Special Education and TeachingONLINE NOT OFFER 5ONLINE NOT OFFER
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance ServicesONLINE NOT OFFER 1ONLINE NOT OFFER
Elementary Education and TeachingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 4 NOT OFFER
Secondary Education and TeachingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 12 NOT OFFER
Art Teacher EducationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 2 NOT OFFER
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher EducationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 3 NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space EngineeringNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Systems EngineeringNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computational and Applied MathematicsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Statistics NOT OFFER 2 NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Signal/Geospatial IntelligenceNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 3 NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement AdministrationONLINE NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster ManagementONLINE NOT OFFER 4ONLINE NOT OFFER
Critical Infrastructure ProtectionNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1ONLINE NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Community Organization and AdvocacyONLINE NOT OFFER 1ONLINE NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Health Services Administration NOT OFFER 1ONLINE NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
AccountingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 8ONLINE NOT OFFER
Executive/Career CoachingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 3ONLINE NOT OFFER
Management Information Systems and Services (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Natural Resources/Conservation1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Natural Resources Management and Policy NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Area Studies (other)2ONLINE NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
American Indian/Native American Studies2ONLINE ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Speech Communication and Rhetoric2ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer Science1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Education23 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Special Education and Teaching4ONLINE NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services12ONLINE NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Civil Engineering2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Electrical and Electronics Engineering1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechanical Engineering5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mining and Mineral Engineering1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Petroleum Engineering3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geological/Geophysical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Engineering (other)1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Linguistics2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Creative Writing11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Statistics4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biological and Physical Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Marine Sciences7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Earth Systems Science2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth Science3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geophysics and Seismology4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical3ONLINE ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration1ONLINE NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management17ONLINE NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Community Organization and Advocacy5ONLINE NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Anthropology2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Art/Art Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music Performance2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
International Public Health/International Health13ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Health Services Administration3 NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management42ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
American Indian/Native American StudiesONLINE ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
EngineeringNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Engineering (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
BiochemistryNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biological and Physical Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Earth Systems Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
AstrophysicsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemistry (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geophysics and Seismology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Oceanography, Chemical and PhysicalONLINE ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
PsychologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Anthropology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

UAF graduate schools have a total of 1,002 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 374 male and 628 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 377 full-time and 625 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 375 students enrolled through online exclusively and 185 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 571 White, 18 Black, and 29 Asian students are attending at University of Alaska Fairbanks. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

15 grad students are younger than 22 and 279 students are older than 65. It has 435 students aged between 22 and 30 and 337 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total1,002
Men374
Women628
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total1,002
Full-time Students377
Part-time Students625
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total1,002
American Indian /
Native American
62
Asian29
Black18
Hispanic82
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
1
White571
Two or more races77
Un-Known61
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total1,002
21 & Under15
22-24170
25-29265
30-34205
35-39132
40 & Over279

Online Population

At University of Alaska Fairbanks graduate schools, 375 students enrolled online exclusively and 185 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment1,066
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses375
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses185
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses506
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses375
Alaska Resident302
Other State In U.S.69
Outside of U.S.2
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