Enrollment Trends at UAF

The student population at University of Alaska Fairbanks is 6,607 (5,636 undergraduate and 971 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,616 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UAF is 85.30% which is decreased by 2,410 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 206 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.61 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

3,183 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 48.05% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 7,857 where 6,607 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

85.30% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.70% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,410 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 206 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.61 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UAF than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Alaska Fairbanks since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,223	8,046	3,411	4,635	1,177	468	709
2013-14	9,166 -57	7,989 -57	3,411 0	4,578 -57	1,177 0	481 13	696 -13
2014-15	8,620 -546	7,484 -505	3,189 -222	4,295 -283	1,136 -41	466 -15	670 -26
2015-16	8,638 18	7,533 49	3,200 11	4,333 38	1,105 -31	485 19	620 -50
2016-17	8,283 -355	7,162 -371	3,081 -119	4,081 -252	1,121 16	466 -19	655 35
2017-18	7,664 -619	6,639 -523	2,810 -271	3,829 -252	1,025 -96	405 -61	620 -35
2018-19	7,404 -260	6,429 -210	2,618 -192	3,811 -18	975 -50	395 -10	580 -40
2019-20	7,179 -225	6,206 -223	2,441 -177	3,765 -46	973 -2	398 3	575 -5
2020-21	6,813 -366	5,850 -356	2,316 -125	3,534 -231	963 -10	389 -9	574 -1
2021-22	6,826 13	5,844 -6	2,245 -71	3,599 65	982 19	380 -9	602 28
2022-23	6,607 -219	5,636 -208	2,142 -103	3,494 -105	971 -11	389 9	582 -20
Average	7,857	6,802	2,806	3,996	1,055	429	626

University of Alaska Fairbanks Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 6,802 where 5,636 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Alaska Fairbanks since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,046	3,727	1,841	1,886	4,319	1,570	2,749
2013-14	7,989	3,654	1,824	1,830	4,335	1,587	2,748
2014-15	7,484	3,491	1,768	1,723	3,993	1,421	2,572
2015-16	7,533	3,398	1,735	1,663	4,135	1,465	2,670
2016-17	7,162	3,189	1,619	1,570	3,973	1,462	2,511
2017-18	6,639	3,022	1,478	1,544	3,617	1,332	2,285
2018-19	6,429	2,783	1,378	1,405	3,646	1,240	2,406
2019-20	6,206	2,596	1,255	1,341	3,610	1,186	2,424
2020-21	5,850	2,399	1,119	1,280	3,451	1,197	2,254
2021-22	5,844	2,345	1,135	1,210	3,499	1,110	2,389
2022-23	5,636	2,320	1,069	1,251	3,316	1,073	2,243
Average	6,802	6,802	1,475	1,518	6,802	1,331	2,477

University of Alaska Fairbanks Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,055 where 971 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Alaska Fairbanks since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,177	649	281	368	528	187	341
2013-14	1,177	629	273	356	548	208	340
2014-15	1,136	579	282	297	557	184	373
2015-16	1,105	528	260	268	577	225	352
2016-17	1,121	529	247	282	592	219	373
2017-18	1,025	479	217	262	546	188	358
2018-19	975	454	207	247	521	188	333
2019-20	973	400	179	221	573	219	354
2020-21	963	384	175	209	579	214	365
2021-22	982	366	155	211	616	225	391
2022-23	971	343	152	191	628	237	391
Average	1,055	1,055	221	265	1,055	209	361

University of Alaska Fairbanks Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.00%. The percentage was 49.98% 10 years ago and UAF still has a high percentage of white students. 2.33% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.66% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Alaska Fairbanks over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	1,242	133	183	401	18	4,610	348
2013-14	1,266	138	173	406	22	4,329	350
2014-15	1,069	117	164	387	24	3,847	323
2015-16	1,158	128	157	429	31	3,818	353
2016-17	1,083	143	165	464	56	3,851	377
2017-18	992	166	173	478	35	3,950	528
2018-19	938	149	194	508	48	3,953	589
2019-20	853	147	205	537	51	3,693	649
2020-21	847	161	210	490	48	3,615	644
2021-22	900	154	204	489	43	3,637	651
2022-23	818	154	176	564	56	3,502	629
Average	1,015	145	182	468	39	3,891	495

University of Alaska Fairbanks Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,183 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 48% of total students. The number of online students has increased 48.05% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Alaska Fairbanks from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,620	2,150	1,773	4,697
2015-16	8,638	2,205	1,760	4,673
2016-17	8,283	2,351	1,924	4,008
2017-18	7,664	2,538	1,937	3,189
2018-19	7,404	2,662	1,778	2,964
2019-20	7,179	2,948	1,919	2,312
2020-21	6,813	4,305	1,801	707
2021-22	6,826	3,455	1,947	1,424
2022-23	6,607	3,183	1,905	1,519
Average	7,559	2,866	1,860	2,833

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