Almost fifty percent of the students attending the University of Alaska had declared a primary major in fall 2003 (Table 2.01c). Of the undergraduates with a declared major, 21% were in majors related to Letters, Communication, and Philosophy disciplines while Business and Public Administration studies were chosen by 20% (Table 2.01a). Graduate students majoring in Education accounted for 27% of graduate students with a declared major (Table 2.01b).

Of the 2,744 degrees awarded by the University of Alaska in FY03, UA Anchorage awarded 59%, UA Fairbanks awarded 33%, and UA Southeast 8%. For the UA system, 45% of the degrees awarded were baccalaureate degrees, 31% were associate degrees, 17% were graduate degrees, and certificates made up the remaining 7% (Table 2.05a).

Systemwide, Business and Public Administration disciplines awarded more baccalaureate degrees than any other discipline, followed by Social Sciences. Of the Masters degrees that were awarded in FY03, 35% were in Education and 25% were in Business and Public Administration (Table 2.06). Table 2.07a illustrates that the discipline of Computer and Information Science achieved the greatest percentage growth in degrees awarded, almost tripling degree production, between FY99 and FY03.

Minority students at the University of Alaska received 21% of the total number of degrees conferred in FY03 (Table 2.10). Of the degrees awarded to minority students, 45% were awarded to Native Americans.