Alaska Pacific University
Anchorage, AK · Private · Large city · APU
Private institution in Anchorage, AK · 400 undergraduates · 86% acceptance rate · $54,271 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 10%Student-faculty ratio
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $18,976987th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $20,7601,140th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $20,760898th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $34,9641,096th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $23,5001,083rd lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $54,271835th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $47,803671st highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 46.9%1,268th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 68.2%1,322nd highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 86.2%1,100th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 4001,731st largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8.0:1212th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 34.4%966th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 1,440 mi (SEA)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Applying
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- $35
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 15 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure StudiesParks, Recreation & Fitness | bachelors | $26,353 | — |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Biological and Physical SciencesMultidisciplinary Studies | bachelors | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyPsychology | bachelors | — | — |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | $26,353 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesArea & Ethnic Studies | bachelors | — | — |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesPhysical Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Human Services, GeneralPublic Administration | bachelors | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesLiberal Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchNatural Resources | bachelors | — | — |
| Public HealthHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
- An Alaska Native- / Native Hawaiian-serving Institutionsource
- A Native American Non-Tribal Institutionsource
- Religious affiliation: United Methodistsource
- Founded in 1957source
- Formerly known as "Alaska Methodist University (1957-78)"source
- A IAMSCU]] / Eco League / Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium / [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program institutionsource
- A Space-grant]] institutionsource
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Alaska Pacific University’s 400 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In AK
- Ilisagvik CollegeBarrow, AK · 175 undergrads
- Alaska Bible CollegePalmer, AK · 34 undergrads
- University of Alaska SoutheastJuneau, AK · 920 undergrads
- Charter CollegeAnchorage, AK · 2,277 undergrads
- University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, AK · 4,027 undergrads
- University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, AK · 6,916 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Boricua CollegeNew York, NY · 401 undergrads
- St Louis College of Health Careers-FentonFenton, MO · 401 undergrads
- College UnboundProvidence, RI · 398 undergrads
- University of Holy CrossNew Orleans, LA · 405 undergrads
- Central Christian College of KansasMcPherson, KS · 394 undergrads
- Life Pacific UniversitySan Dimas, CA · 393 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitealaskapacific.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 102669)
- Compare colleges in AKRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in AlaskaEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Ilisagvik CollegeSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Alaska Pacific University vs Ilisagvik CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
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