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
- $18,976989th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $20,7601,148th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $20,760906th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $34,9641,099th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $23,5001,090th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $54,271839th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $47,803672nd highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 46.9%1,280th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 68.2%1,330th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 86.2%1,111th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 4001,736th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8.0:1216th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 34.4%978th highest of 2,140 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
Deadlines and essay flags come from the Common App Requirements Grid, joined by school name. Always confirm against the school’s own admissions page before applying.
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
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
- 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
- How to read a school page end to endStats, standings, lists, athletics, news — one profile, many jobs. Know which panel answers which question.
- Sticker price is a trapPublished tuition is a starting rumor. Net price is closer to what families actually pay.
- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
- A plan from eighth grade — without fake certaintySchool-anchored milestones, sports scarcity honesty, and EC playbooks — not invented admit odds.