University of Alaska, Fairbanks Admission
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The Facts

University of Alaska, Fairbanks is a rather moderately sized member of the larger, multi-campus University of Alaska system that has schools scattered throughout the state. The Fairbanks campus is located in a small town near the larger town of Fairbanks, and is home to over 3,200 undergraduate students and approximately 3,500 graduate and part-time professional students. The university is actually divided up into several smaller graduate and undergraduate schools that offer programs in the areas of arts and sciences, business and public policy, health, education, social welfare, as well as technical and community programs. These academics divisions offer broad majors in the areas of biological science, agriculture (which includes unique programs in the areas of fisheries, and wildlife management), business, communications and the arts (which houses an innovative program for Inuit studies), computer and physical science, education, engineering and environmental design (which includes programs in the areas of geological and mineral engineering), as well as social science. University of Alaska, Fairbanks offers its students a wide variety of majors both in the liberal arts and preprofessional studies, however, some of the most popular with students include majors in the areas of engineering, fisheries, wildlife management, biological sciences, business administration, as well as computer science.

Admission to the University of Alaska, Fairbanks is significantly more competitive than it’s other member schools, and the amount of qualified out of state students who apply has been increasing with each passing admissions cycle. Last year, over 2,000 students applied for admission to the school, and approximately 1,600 of those students were accepted. Eventually however, only about 1,020 of the admitted students actually enrolled for the coming Fall semester. The admitted students had an average combined SAT score ranging from 1020 to 1150, and an average comprehensive ACT score ranging from 21 to 28. Additionally, more than 80% of the admitted students were ranked in the top 25% of their high school graduating class with an average high school GPA of about 3.68.

The University of Alaska, Fairbanks has an amazing student to faculty ratio of 7:1, and most students say that the attention they receive from professors is by far the best aspect of attending the university. Most classes are incredibly small, and very hands on, ensuring that students get as much field work in as possible.

The Social Scene

The town of Fairbanks is quite small, and doesn’t really offer students much in the way of entertaiment, but most students who go to school in a place as relatively remote as Alaska are quite prepared for that fact, and don’t mind in the least. There are, however, plenty of outdoor activities to occupy the students time, such as hiking, biking, fishing, kayaking, even snow-shoeing and snow-mobiling in the winter, and beyond in some cases. There are only 2 fraternities and sororities, and they do host they occasional party, but for the most part, they remain pretty seperate from on campus social life.

The dating scene is very diverse, and you’ll have plenty of excuses to ask for that cute guy’s sweater...

What’s Good

“This school feels less like a university and more like a family. People actually care about you here, which is really nice.”

“If you like the outdoors, you’ll be in heaven here.”

“The administration is really easy to get a hold of, and they will actually listen to any questions you may have.”

What’s Bad

“There is nothing to do here. Ever.”

“The party scene is pretty lame, and people usually just hang around and smoke pot in their dorms.”

“I wouldn’t eat the food they serve in the dining halls. It’s pretty strange looking.”

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