University of Alaska Fairbanks Student Population

How many students at UAF? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 6,893 students have enrolled in University of Alaska Fairbanks with 5,827 undergraduate and 1,066 graduate students.

By gender, 2,680 male and 4,213 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (16,875 students on average - public Research University (high research activity)).

3,040 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,069 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

University of Alaska Fairbanks has a total of 6,893 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 5,827 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,066 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,680 male and 4,213 female students (the male-female ratio is 39:61) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,693 White, 181 Black, and 214 Asian students out of a total of 6,893 are attending at University of Alaska Fairbanks. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Alaska Fairbanks is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 67.4% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UAF has 747 students under 18 years old and 74 students over 65 years old. There are 3,759 students under 25 years old, and 3,133 students over 25 years old out of 6,893 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 747 students are younger than 18 and 61 students are older than 65. UAF has 3,574 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,252 students aged 25 and over.

It has 185 graduate students aged under 25 and 881 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
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Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of Alaska Fairbanks, 3,040 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,069 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,490 students who live in Alaska or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 550 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,827 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 367 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.30%.213 students have transferred in as full-time status and 154 students transferred in as part-time status.