Private nonprofit · Community college
Alaska Pacific University
Anchorage, Alaska · Large city
- 17%
- Transfer rate
- $21,616
- Avg net price
- 47%
- Grad / completion
- $54,271
- Median earnings
Alaska Pacific University is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Anchorage, Alaska (large city setting), enrolling 457 undergraduates. It has a United Methodist religious affiliation.
About Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage, officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska. Archaeological evidence discovered at Beluga Point just south of Anchorage, along the Turnagain Arm, suggests that habitation of the Cook Inlet began 5,000 years ago by a group of Alutiiq people who arrived by kayak. Anchorage's largest economic sectors include transportation, military, municipal, state and federal government, tourism, corporate headquarters (including regional headquarters for multinational corporations) and resource extraction. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 4 miles to Anchorage, AK
- To the ocean
- 4 miles
- Nearest airport
- 2 miles to Merrill Field (MRI)
How Alaska Pacific University compares
More selective than 24% · #3 most selective of 3 in Alaska
Higher than 34% · #4 of 7 in Alaska
Higher than 40%
Higher than 93% · #1 of 7 in Alaska
Cheaper than 27% · #6 cheapest of 7 in Alaska
Lower than 3%
Lower than 92%
Larger than 61%
Percentiles compare Alaska Pacific University with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Alaska.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate45780%
- Graduate11420%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women28863%
- Men16937%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White32%
- Black4.8%
- Hispanic8.5%
- Asian8.1%
- Other or multiracial47%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 457
- Graduate enrollment
- 114
- Student–faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 32%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 54%
- Median family income
- $38,810
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $65,988
- Endowment
- $102,841,132
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $20,760
- Room & board
- $8,932
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
- Total cost of attendance
- $34,026
- Average net price
- $21,616
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 96.5%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Outcomes
- Graduated (within 6 years)
- 47%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 36%
- First-year retention
- 68%
- Transferred to another college
- 17%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $47,803
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $54,271
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,500
- Students with federal loans
- 40%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 53%
About 11% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 91
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 20%
- Application fee
- $35
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (593 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Four-year (or more) true cost
Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.
$16,037/year × about 4.4 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
A meaningful share of freshmen — 96% — get grant money from Alaska Pacific University itself, averaging $8,797, which softens the sticker price.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 23 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $54,271
- Typical debt at graduation
- $23,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 43%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 60%
Typical debt would take roughly 4.3 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $12,334 (24%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 69°F
- Winter low
- 3°F
- Annual rain
- 17.8″
- Annual snow
- 59.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Campbell Creek Sci Ctr, AK US station (2.1 mi from campus).
What Alaska Pacific University graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare Alaska Pacific University side by side →
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- Transfer
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Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences
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Colleges near Alaska Pacific University
University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, AK · Public · Bachelor's · 7,212 students
Charter College
Anchorage, AK · Private for-profit · Certificate · 2,157 students
Alaska Career College
Anchorage, AK · Private for-profit · Certificate · 250 students
Alaska Bible College
Palmer, AK · Private nonprofit · Bachelor's · 24 students
Alaska Christian College
Soldotna, AK · Private nonprofit · Associate · 44 students
Alaska Vocational Technical Center
Seward, AK · Public · Certificate · 107 students
Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.










