Enrollment Trends at UAA

The student population at University of Alaska Anchorage is 10,464 (9,925 undergraduate and 539 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 6,899 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UAA is 94.85% which is decreased by 6,455 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 444 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.53 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

4,040 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 58.25% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,404 where 10,464 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

94.85% of total students is undergraduate students and 5.15% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 6,455 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 444 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.53 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UAA than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Alaska Anchorage since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17,363	16,380	6,762	9,618	983	324	659
2014-15	17,151 -212	16,291 -89	6,849 87	9,442 -176	860 -123	293 -31	567 -92
2015-16	16,798 -353	15,917 -374	6,757 -92	9,160 -282	881 21	299 6	582 15
2016-17	16,318 -480	15,546 -371	6,564 -193	8,982 -178	772 -109	257 -42	515 -67
2017-18	15,733 -585	14,955 -591	6,328 -236	8,627 -355	778 6	262 5	516 1
2018-19	14,644 -1,089	13,885 -1,070	5,708 -620	8,177 -450	759 -19	264 2	495 -21
2019-20	12,766 -1,878	12,103 -1,782	4,912 -796	7,191 -986	663 -96	220 -44	443 -52
2020-21	11,953 -813	11,323 -780	4,366 -546	6,957 -234	630 -33	200 -20	430 -13
2021-22	10,845 -1,108	10,259 -1,064	3,969 -397	6,290 -667	586 -44	194 -6	392 -38
2022-23	10,464 -381	9,925 -334	3,951 -18	5,974 -316	539 -47	188 -6	351 -41
Average	14,404	13,658	5,617	8,042	745	250	495

University of Alaska Anchorage Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 13,658 where 9,925 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Alaska Anchorage since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16,380	7,679	3,519	4,160	8,701	3,243	5,458
2014-15	16,291	7,484	3,492	3,992	8,807	3,357	5,450
2015-16	15,917	7,354	3,459	3,895	8,563	3,298	5,265
2016-17	15,546	7,079	3,347	3,732	8,467	3,217	5,250
2017-18	14,955	6,974	3,219	3,755	7,981	3,109	4,872
2018-19	13,885	6,451	2,950	3,501	7,434	2,758	4,676
2019-20	12,103	5,521	2,534	2,987	6,582	2,378	4,204
2020-21	11,323	4,721	2,119	2,602	6,602	2,247	4,355
2021-22	10,259	4,052	1,803	2,249	6,207	2,166	4,041
2022-23	9,925	3,894	1,676	2,218	6,031	2,275	3,756
Average	13,658	13,658	2,812	3,309	13,658	2,805	4,733

University of Alaska Anchorage Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 745 where 539 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Alaska Anchorage since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	983	225	74	151	758	250	508
2014-15	860	227	75	152	633	218	415
2015-16	881	243	77	166	638	222	416
2016-17	772	189	71	118	583	186	397
2017-18	778	188	82	106	590	180	410
2018-19	759	194	73	121	565	191	374
2019-20	663	153	63	90	510	157	353
2020-21	630	150	59	91	480	141	339
2021-22	586	142	49	93	444	145	299
2022-23	539	148	56	92	391	132	259
Average	745	745	68	118	745	182	377

University of Alaska Anchorage Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 48.39% and the percentage of black students is 3.02% at University of Alaska Anchorage. 7.10% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Alaska Anchorage over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	1,108	1,127	603	1,225	145	10,249	1,526
2014-15	1,071	1,180	567	1,230	131	9,994	1,491
2015-16	1,038	1,219	562	1,250	135	9,615	1,579
2016-17	953	1,185	565	1,303	109	9,216	1,636
2017-18	902	1,210	469	1,294	127	8,873	1,647
2018-19	835	1,003	454	1,214	254	7,815	1,540
2019-20	677	847	369	1,065	345	6,660	1,386
2020-21	584	797	364	1,015	345	6,098	1,215
2021-22	589	787	300	912	283	5,345	1,119
2022-23	537	743	316	969	226	5,064	1,073
Average	829	1,010	457	1,148	210	7,893	1,421

University of Alaska Anchorage Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,040 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 39% of total students. The number of online students has increased 58.25% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Alaska Anchorage from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	17,151	2,553	4,038	10,560
2015-16	16,798	2,542	4,668	9,588
2016-17	16,318	2,617	4,708	8,993
2017-18	15,733	2,741	4,911	8,081
2018-19	14,644	2,779	4,874	6,991
2019-20	12,766	2,776	4,474	5,516
2020-21	11,953	9,007	2,378	568
2021-22	10,845	5,421	4,019	1,405
2022-23	10,464	4,040	3,934	2,490
Average	14,075	3,831	4,223	6,021

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