Enrollment Trends at UAA

The student population at University of Alaska Anchorage is 10,493 (9,853 undergraduate and 640 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 6,305 (37.53%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UAA is 93.90% which is decreased by 6,064 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 241 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 66 male students for every 100 female students, down from 72 in 2015.
3,393 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 33.48% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,081 where 10,493 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 16,798 students in 2016 and was lowest at 10,464 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 16,798 to 10,493 students, a net loss of 6,305 (37.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Alaska Anchorage since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	16,798	15,917	6,757	9,160	881	299	582
2016-17	16,318 -480	15,546 -371	6,564 -193	8,982 -178	772 -109	257 -42	515 -67
2017-18	15,733 -585	14,955 -591	6,328 -236	8,627 -355	778 6	262 5	516 1
2018-19	14,644 -1,089	13,885 -1,070	5,708 -620	8,177 -450	759 -19	264 2	495 -21
2019-20	12,766 -1,878	12,103 -1,782	4,912 -796	7,191 -986	663 -96	220 -44	443 -52
2020-21	11,953 -813	11,323 -780	4,366 -546	6,957 -234	630 -33	200 -20	430 -13
2021-22	10,845 -1,108	10,259 -1,064	3,969 -397	6,290 -667	586 -44	194 -6	392 -38
2022-23	10,464 -381	9,925 -334	3,951 -18	5,974 -316	539 -47	188 -6	351 -41
2023-24	10,796 332	10,162 237	4,047 96	6,115 141	634 95	188	446 95
2024-25	10,493 -303	9,853 -309	3,970 -77	5,883 -232	640 6	196 8	444 -2
Average	13,081	12,393	5,057	7,336	688	227	461

University of Alaska Anchorage Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 12,393 where 9,853 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Alaska Anchorage since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	15,917	7,354	3,459	3,895	8,563	3,298	5,265
2016-17	15,546	7,079	3,347	3,732	8,467	3,217	5,250
2017-18	14,955	6,974	3,219	3,755	7,981	3,109	4,872
2018-19	13,885	6,451	2,950	3,501	7,434	2,758	4,676
2019-20	12,103	5,521	2,534	2,987	6,582	2,378	4,204
2020-21	11,323	4,721	2,119	2,602	6,602	2,247	4,355
2021-22	10,259	4,052	1,803	2,249	6,207	2,166	4,041
2022-23	9,925	3,894	1,676	2,218	6,031	2,275	3,756
2023-24	10,162	4,032	1,782	2,250	6,130	2,265	3,865
2024-25	9,853	4,215	1,885	2,330	5,638	2,085	3,553
Average	12,393	12,393	2,477	2,952	12,393	2,580	4,384

University of Alaska Anchorage Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 688 where 640 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Alaska Anchorage since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	881	243	77	166	638	222	416
2016-17	772	189	71	118	583	186	397
2017-18	778	188	82	106	590	180	410
2018-19	759	194	73	121	565	191	374
2019-20	663	153	63	90	510	157	353
2020-21	630	150	59	91	480	141	339
2021-22	586	142	49	93	444	145	299
2022-23	539	148	56	92	391	132	259
2023-24	634	174	48	126	460	140	320
2024-25	640	188	58	130	452	138	314
Average	688	688	64	113	688	163	348

University of Alaska Anchorage Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.14% and the percentage of black students is 3.12% at University of Alaska Anchorage. 9.49% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 10.03% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 57.24% to 45.14%. Asian enrollment grew from 7.26% to 9.49%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.35% to 3.12%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.44% to 10.03%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7611 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6477 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Alaska Anchorage over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	1,038	1,219	562	1,250	135	9,615	1,579
2016-17	953	1,185	565	1,303	109	9,216	1,636
2017-18	902	1,210	469	1,294	127	8,873	1,647
2018-19	835	1,003	454	1,214	254	7,815	1,540
2019-20	677	847	369	1,065	345	6,660	1,386
2020-21	584	797	364	1,015	345	6,098	1,215
2021-22	589	787	300	912	283	5,345	1,119
2022-23	537	743	316	969	226	5,064	1,073
2023-24	545	985	311	967	57	5,009	1,019
2024-25	558	996	327	1,052	74	4,737	1,160
Average	722	977	404	1,104	196	6,843	1,337

University of Alaska Anchorage Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,393 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 32% of total students. The number of online students has increased 33.48% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Alaska Anchorage from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	16,798	2,542	4,668	9,588
2016-17	16,318	2,617	4,708	8,993
2017-18	15,733	2,741	4,911	8,081
2018-19	14,644	2,779	4,874	6,991
2019-20	12,766	2,776	4,474	5,516
2020-21	11,953	9,007	2,378	568
2021-22	10,845	5,421	4,019	1,405
2022-23	10,464	4,040	3,934	2,490
2023-24	10,796	3,588	4,147	3,061
2024-25	10,493	3,393	4,123	2,977
Average	13,081	3,890	4,224	4,967

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Enrollment Trends at UAA

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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