University of
Alaska Fairbanks
Public Research University in Fairbanks, AK. Six-year graduation rate 41%. Median 10-year earnings $48,866.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $48,866 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 42% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates carry a median of $20,291 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 0.1% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 42% finish inside six years. Retention of 74% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Transfer-out runs to 26% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The part-time picture is harder: 42% return, against 74% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,028 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $11,278 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $7,992 at the $0–30k band to $17,512 at $110k+. About 67% get grants averaging $9,138, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 23% of students.
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 · 597 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 | $7,992 |
| $30–48k | $6,065 |
| $48–75k | $11,323 |
| $75–110k | $15,526 |
| $110k+ | $17,512 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 929 of these 4,028 students, totalling $6,242,233 — an average of $6,719 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Fairbanks North Star Borough) — 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)