Alaska Pacific University
Private College in Anchorage, AK. Six-year graduation rate 47%. Median 10-year earnings $54,271.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $54,271 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Six-year completion sits at 47%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $23,500 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 96% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool is small at 592, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield is low at 5%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 47% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 68% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 17% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. A 7:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 412 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $21,960 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $19,404 at the $0–30k band to $31,181 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 86% of students receive it, averaging $12,359. 42% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 25 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $19,404 |
| $30–48k | $13,365 |
| $48–75k | $16,037 |
| $75–110k | $23,460 |
| $110k+ | $31,181 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 171 of these 412 students, totalling $1,196,070 — an average of $6,995 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Anchorage Municipality) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)