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University of Alaska--Fairbanks

Work PO Box 757500 Fairbanks, AK 99775-7500
Work(800) 478-1823
Web site: http://www.uaf.edu
Tier 4
College Category:
National Universities

Overview : University of Alaska--Fairbanks

General Information  
Institutional Control: Public
Year founded: 1917
Religious affiliation: N/A
Academic calendar: semester
Total number of undergraduates: 7,568
Setting urban
Endowment: $27,420,701
Fall Admissions  
Application deadline: 8/1
Application fee: $40
Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 78.1 %
Selectivity: selective
Expenses  
Costs: 2008-2009 In-state: $4,756; Out-of-state: $14,176
Mission  
School mission As this nation's only arctic university, the University of Alaska Fairbanks strives to be a world leader in teaching, research and public service with a particular focus on issues relating to the Far North. Not only do we serve as a beacon for international cooperation for the study of global environmental change and arctic research, UAF has a key role in advancing the world's knowledge of the language, literature, art and social sciences of the North.

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