University of Alaska Anchorage

University of Alaska Anchorage

Former names	Anchorage Community College (1954-77) Anchorage Senior College (1971-77)
Type	Public
Established	1954
Endowment	$50,159,275 (2013)
Chancellor	Tom Case
Students	20,000 (16,577 on the Anchorage campus and 3,000+ enrolled in the community campuses)
Location	Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. 61°11′23.59″N 149°49′37.25″W / 61.1898861°N 149.8270139°W / 61.1898861; -149.8270139Coordinates: 61°11′23.59″N 149°49′37.25″W / 61.1898861°N 149.8270139°W / 61.1898861; -149.8270139
Campus	Urban Main campus: 387 acres
Colors	Green and Gold
Athletics	NCAA Div. II – GNAC, RMISA NCAA Div. I – WCHA, MPSF
Nickname	Seawolves
Affiliations	University of Alaska system UArctic CUMU
Website	www.uaa.alaska.edu
Location in Anchorage

The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) is a public research university located in Anchorage, Alaska. UAA also administers four community campuses spread across Southcentral Alaska. These include Kenai Peninsula College, Kodiak College, Matanuska–Susitna College, and Prince William Sound College. Between the community campuses and the main Anchorage campus, over 20,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students are currently enrolled at UAA. This makes it the largest institution of higher learning in the University of Alaska System, as well as the state.

UAA's main campus is located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of its downtown area in the University-Medical District, adjacent to the Alaska Native Medical Center, Alaska Pacific University and Providence Alaska Medical Center. Nestled among an extensive green belt, close to scenic Goose Lake Park, UAA has been recognized each of the past three years as a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation. Much of the campus is connected by a network of paved, outdoor trails, as well as an elevated, indoor "spine" that extends east to west from Rasmuson Hall, continuing through the student union and across UAA Drive (the more heavily-traveled of the two north-south roads which bisect the campus) before terminating inside the Consortium Library.

UAA is divided into six teaching units at the Anchorage campus: the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business and Public Policy, the Community and Technical College, College of Education, College of Engineering and the College of Health. UAA offers master's degrees and graduate certificates in select programs, and the ability to complete certain PhD programs through cooperating universities through its Graduate Division. As of May 2012, the university is accredited to confer doctoral degrees. UAA is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.