by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Alaska Pacific University was awarded 7 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is clinical, counseling & applied psychology.
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Alaska Pacific was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
With an acceptance rate of 96%, Alaska Pacific has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
The student to faculty ratio at Alaska Pacific is an impressive 8 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Alaska Pacific University is 49%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Alaska Pacific University is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Alaska Pacific for first-time, full-time students is 41%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Alaska Pacific University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 312 undergraduates at Alaska Pacific with 247 being full-time and 65 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $19,478 | $21,907 | $18,220 | $13,964 | $26,714 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Alaska Pacific, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Alaska Pacific, approximately 37% of students took out student loans averaging $6,186 a year. That adds up to $24,744 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Alaska Pacific is 5.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Get more details about the location of Alaska Pacific University.
Contact details for Alaska Pacific are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4101 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508 |
| Phone: | 907-561-1266 |
| Website: | www.alaskapacific.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/Alaskapacific |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/AlaskaPacificU |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 14 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 11 | NA |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 11 | NA |
| Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies | 7 | NA |
| Accounting | 1 | NA |
| Writing Studies | 1 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 1 | NA |
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 0 | NA |
| Public Health | 0 | NA |
| Ethnic Studies | 0 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 240 students took at least one online class at Alaska Pacific University. This is a decrease from the 489 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 240 | 78 |
| 2019-2020 | 489 | 394 |
| 2018-2019 | 174 | 67 |
| 2017-2018 | 144 | 79 |
| 2016-2017 | 145 | 61 |
Learn more about online learning at Alaska Pacific University.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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