Educational InstitutionsEducational Organization

University of Alaska Anchorage

The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) is a public university in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. UAA also administers four community campuses spread across Southcentral Alaska: Kenai Peninsula College, Kodiak College, Matanuska–Susitna College, and Prince William Sound College. Between the community campuses and the main Anchorage campus, roughly 15,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students are currently enrolled at UAA. It is Alaska's largest institution of higher learning and the largest university in the University of Alaska System.

Identifiers

OPEID6 Six-digit base OPE ID (without the two-digit branch suffix)
11462
OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier, used for federal financial aid program participation
1146200
IPEDS UNITID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
102553
DAPIP ID Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs identifier from the U.S. Department of Education
100779

Location

Anchorage, AK, 99508

61.190163, -149.826190

Accreditation

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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