Summer Sessions financial aid, housing available

March 1, 2012

Marmian Grimes

Summer Sessions provides options so that tuition costs don't keep you from taking classes this summer, including:

  • In-state tuition for all: Everyone pays in-state tuition during the summer.

  • Tuition awards: Qualified undergraduate and graduate students receive a three-credit tuition award for a required course.

  • The Sweet Summer Deal: Take ten Summer Sessions and/or Center for Distance Education credits and get four more summer credits for free, plus get a substantial on-campus housing discount. The two units offer over 400 courses.

  • Earn and Learn program: Take six credits and you are eligible for a part-time summer job on campus.

  • Bouchum/Jones scholarship: Two $500 scholarships are for ambitious undergraduate summer students.


Go to www.uaf.edu/summer/information/financial-aid/specific-summer/ for summer financial aid requirements and applications. Deadlines vary so investigate your options early.


Summer housing options are also available, including the dorms and married student housing. For information about living on campus during summer visit www.uaf.edu/reslife/summer-housing/.

For more information about Summer Sessions contact 474-7021 or summer@alaska.edu.