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College Factual ranked UAS as #1,236 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
UAS also holds the #2 spot on the Best Colleges in Alaska ranking.
The acceptance rate at University of Alaska Southeast is a competitive 63%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at UAS it is much better at 9 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Alaska Southeast 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 University of Alaska Southeast is 65%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at UAS is 7%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at University of Alaska Southeast.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,805 undergraduates at UAS with 534 being full-time and 1,271 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3,778 | $4,097 | $5,507 | $11,910 | $11,367 |
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 UAS, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UAS, approximately 28% of students took out student loans averaging $5,988 a year. That adds up to $23,952 over four years for those students.
Get more details about paying for University of Alaska Southeast.
See which majors at University of Alaska Southeast make the most money.
Get more details about the location of University of Alaska Southeast.
Contact details for UAS are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 11066 Auke Lake Way, Juneau, AK 99801-8697 |
| Phone: | 877-465-4827 |
| Website: | www.uas.alaska.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 81 | $52,875 |
| Business Administration & Management | 51 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 35 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 34 | NA |
| Special Education | 30 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 22 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 19 | NA |
| Marine Transportation | 18 | NA |
| Public Administration | 16 | NA |
| Accounting | 15 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 1,333 students took at least one online class at University of Alaska Southeast. This is a decrease from the 1,407 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,333 | 984 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,407 | 1,064 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,747 | 1,351 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,533 | 1,146 |
Learn more about online learning at University of Alaska Southeast.
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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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