University of Alaska Fairbanks

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Signers' Hall
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7480

General information

(907) 474-7211

Type of institution:	Public, 4-year or above
Federal Aid:	Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered:	Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificates, Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificates, Associate degrees, Bachelor degrees, Certificates/Postbaccalaureate Certificates, Masters degrees, Doctor's degrees
Carnegie classification:	Research Universities (high research activity)
Number of students:	8,618 (2007)
2009-2008 Undergraduate application fee:	$ 40

About this School

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is the flagship institution of the University of Alaska System, and is abbreviated as UAF. UAF is a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institution, as well as the site where the Alaska Constitution was signed in 1956. UAF was established in 1917 as the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, first opening for classes in 1922. UAF is home to seven major research units: the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station; the Geophysical Institute, which operates the Poker Flat Research Range; the Georgeson Botanical Garden; the International Arctic Research Center; the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center; the Institute of Arctic Biology; the Institute of Marine Science and the Institute of Northern Engineering. Located just 200 miles south of the Arctic Circle, the Fairbanks campus's unique location is situated favorably for arctic and northern research. The campus's several lines of research are renowned worldwide, most notably in arctic biology, arctic engineering, geophysics, supercomputing, and aboriginal studies. The University of Alaska Museum of the North is also on the Fairbanks campus. In addition to the Fairbanks campus, UAF encompasses seven rural and urban campuses: Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham; Chukchi Campus in Kotzebue; Interior-Aleutians Campus, which covers both the Aleutian Islands and the Interior; Kuskokwim Campus in Bethel; Northwest Campus in Nome; and the Tanana Valley Campus in Fairbanks. Fairbanks is also the home of the UAF Center for Distance Education, an independent learning and distance delivery program. In fall 2005, UAF enrolled 9,380 students, of which 59 percent were female and 41 percent male; 88 percent were undergraduates and 12 percent graduate students.

Tuition and Fees	2009-2008	2008-2007	2007-2006
Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
In-State	$ 4,918	$ 4,573	$ 4,308
Out of State	$ 14,338	$ 13,543	$ 12,678
Books and Supplies	$ 798	$ 760	$ 738
On-Campus
Room and board	$ 6,630	$ 5,580	$ 5,580
Other Expenses	$ 2,935	$ 2,796	$ 2,712
Off Campus
Room and board	$ 8,364	$ 7,966	$ 7,728
Other Expenses	$ 4,420	$ 4,210	$ 4,083
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses	$ 4,420	$ 4,210	$ 4,083

Financial aid 2006-2007

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of Aid	Percentage of students receiving aid	Average amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship)	19%	$ 2,834
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship)	1%	$ 1,250
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship)	33%	$ 3,629
Loans to students	30%	$ 7,122

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