Here are some quick facts and figures about UAF. See more on the UAF Facts and Figures site.

• Originally founded in 1917 when Alaska was still a territory, today UAF is America’s northernmost Land, Sea and Space Grant institution.
• UAF encompasses the central Troth Yeddha' Campus in Fairbanks; Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham; Chukchi Campus in Kotzebue; Kuskokwim Campus in Bethel; Northwest Campus in Nome; and the Community and Technical College in Fairbanks.
• UAF’s geographically diverse student body represents 52 states and territories and 51 foreign countries.
• UAF offers 218 degrees and certificates in about 100 disciplines.
• As America’s Arctic university, UAF offers a number of unique programs and degrees particularly focused on the biology, climate, natural resources and peoples of northern latitudes, the circumpolar North and the Pacific Rim.
• The UAF mascot is the Nanook, a derivation of “nanuq,” the Inupiaq word for polar bear. Up until the mid-1970s, the men’s basketball team was known as the “Flying Nanooks” because of the regular, and long, airplane rides they took in order to compete with other college teams. Since 1963 all University of Alaska Fairbanks sports teams have been called Nanooks.

Degrees Conferred, Spring 2026

• 106 licensures and occupational endorsements
• 896 certificates and associate or baccalaureate degrees
• 261 master’s and doctoral degrees