Academic Life at University of Alaska Anchorage

Academics at a Glance

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at University of Alaska Anchorage: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

Use the sections below to explore each part of academic life in more detail, or follow a link to the full report on that topic:

• Faculty Resources
• Most Popular Majors
• Additional Questions to Ask
• Continue Your Research

Faculty and Teaching

The student-to-faculty ratio at University of Alaska Anchorage is about average at 12 to 1, close to the national average of 15 to 1. University of Alaska Anchorage employs 54% of its instructors full time, above the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition page.

Most Popular Majors

Students at University of Alaska Anchorage can choose from 85 majors with reported graduates spanning 31 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at University of Alaska Anchorage are summarised below:

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at University of Alaska Anchorage.

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

More to Consider

As you weigh academic life at University of Alaska Anchorage, a few more questions are worth asking:

• Need flexibility? Check whether University of Alaska Anchorage offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 7,038 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
• Thinking about graduate school? Consider how many students continue their studies and how well the school retains and graduates its students (71% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). Explore graduation rates.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of University of Alaska Anchorage.

Continue Your Research into University of Alaska Anchorage

Use the pages below to go deeper on any academic topic:

• Academic Majors at University of Alaska Anchorage — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
• Faculty & Class Sizes at University of Alaska Anchorage — how the teaching staff is structured
• Graduation & Retention at University of Alaska Anchorage — how well the school retains and graduates students
• Distance Learning at University of Alaska Anchorage — distance-learning enrollment detail
• Accreditation at University of Alaska Anchorage — the schools accreditation and what it means