Enrollment Trends at UAS

The student population at University of Alaska Southeast is 2,000 (1,768 undergraduate and 232 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 800 (28.57%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UAS is 88.40% which is decreased by 707 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 93 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 56 male students for every 100 female students, up from 50 in 2015.
887 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -38.40% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,203 where 2,000 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 2,800 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,918 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,800 to 2,000 students, a net loss of 800 (28.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,800	2,475	841	1,634	325	88	237
2016-17	2,563 -237	2,250 -225	729 -112	1,521 -113	313 -12	75 -13	238 1
2017-18	2,342 -221	2,060 -190	694 -35	1,366 -155	282 -31	64 -11	218 -20
2018-19	2,266 -76	2,010 -50	704 10	1,306 -60	256 -26	72 8	184 -34
2019-20	2,150 -116	1,886 -124	626 -78	1,260 -46	264 8	67 -5	197 13
2020-21	2,070 -80	1,805 -81	618 -8	1,187 -73	265 1	64 -3	201 4
2021-22	1,997 -73	1,757 -48	618	1,139 -48	240 -25	52 -12	188 -13
2022-23	1,923 -74	1,724 -33	615 -3	1,109 -30	199 -41	54 2	145 -43
2023-24	1,918 -5	1,678 -46	594 -21	1,084 -25	240 41	46 -8	194 49
2024-25	2,000 82	1,768 90	667 73	1,101 17	232 -8	52 6	180 -14
Average	2,203	1,941	671	1,271	262	63	198

University of Alaska Southeast Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,941 where 1,768 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 Southeast since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,475	715	264	451	1,760	577	1,183
2016-17	2,250	659	258	401	1,591	471	1,120
2017-18	2,060	629	254	375	1,431	440	991
2018-19	2,010	644	271	373	1,366	433	933
2019-20	1,886	588	229	359	1,298	397	901
2020-21	1,805	534	221	313	1,271	397	874
2021-22	1,757	477	186	291	1,280	432	848
2022-23	1,724	489	197	292	1,235	418	817
2023-24	1,678	467	179	288	1,211	415	796
2024-25	1,768	428	176	252	1,340	491	849
Average	1,941	1,941	224	340	1,941	447	931

University of Alaska Southeast Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 262 where 232 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 Southeast since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	325	79	34	45	246	54	192
2016-17	313	90	31	59	223	44	179
2017-18	282	79	21	58	203	43	160
2018-19	256	61	26	35	195	46	149
2019-20	264	50	24	26	214	43	171
2020-21	265	64	28	36	201	36	165
2021-22	240	57	16	41	183	36	147
2022-23	199	42	14	28	157	40	117
2023-24	240	47	11	36	193	35	158
2024-25	232	35	12	23	197	40	157
Average	262	262	22	39	262	42	160

University of Alaska Southeast Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 54.50%. The percentage was 54.75% 10 years ago and UAS still has a high percentage of white students. 5.15% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.55% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.55% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 54.75% to 54.50%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.79% to 5.15%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.18% to 1.55%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.29% to 8.55%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6641 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6838 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Alaska Southeast 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	260	78	33	148	24	1,533	178
2016-17	265	86	33	145	23	1,306	166
2017-18	275	75	28	146	22	1,215	180
2018-19	287	55	23	164	43	1,241	180
2019-20	245	50	21	149	49	1,223	205
2020-21	222	58	16	145	38	1,231	204
2021-22	267	61	18	130	29	1,123	201
2022-23	211	84	19	154	24	1,055	217
2023-24	221	86	18	152	5	1,057	224
2024-25	227	103	31	171	8	1,090	251
Average	248	74	24	150	27	1,207	201

University of Alaska Southeast Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

887 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 44% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -38.40% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Alaska Southeast from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,800	1,440	400	960
2016-17	2,563	1,436	404	723
2017-18	2,342	1,274	382	686
2018-19	2,266	1,146	387	733
2019-20	2,150	1,055	368	727
2020-21	2,070	1,351	396	323
2021-22	1,997	1,064	343	590
2022-23	1,923	984	349	590
2023-24	1,918	940	387	591
2024-25	2,000	887	440	673
Average	2,203	1,158	386	660

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Enrollment Trends at UAS

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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