1332 Seward Avenue
Sitka, AK 99835

The University Of Alaska Southeast Sitka is a regional unit of the University of Alaska statewide system of higher education. Established on July 1, 1987 with the restructuring of the former University of Alaska Juneau, Ketchikan community college, and Islands Community College (Sitka), the University of Alaska Southeast serves the residents of southeastern Alaska with campuses in Juneau, Ketchikan, and Sitka.

The University of Alaska Southeast Sitka offers a number of distance education courses and programs. Additionally, University of Alaska Southeast Sitka is an active participant in the University of Alaska Learning Consortium (UALC). The UALC links campuses throughout Alaska in cooperative delivery of distance learning opportunities.

The University of Alaska Southeast Sitka campus (founded as Sitka Community College in 1962) shares in Sitka's heritage of being the former capital of Russian America. Sitka is rich in history and a popular tourist destination. Mt. Edgecumbe, known as Alaska's Mount Fuji, dominates the horizon across the water from the city. The Sitka campus awards both certificates and associate degrees.

Quick Facts:

Students at the three University of Alaska Southeast campuses represent more than 170 different Alaska towns, 40 different states and 16 different foreign countries. Most are from Juneau, Sitka and Ketchikan.

Admission to University of Alaska Southeast Sitka is guaranteed to all Alaskans who have earned a high school diploma or completed the GED.

The monthly average temperature by University of Alaska Southeast Sitka in January is 34 degrees and in summer 61 degrees. Sitka receives an average of 90 inches of rain and 39 inches of snow each year.

Sitka is located on the west coast of Baranof Island fronting the Pacific Ocean on Sitka Sound. It is 95 air miles southwest of Juneau, and 185 miles northwest of Ketchikan. An extinct volcano, Mount Edgecumbe rises 3,200 feet above the community.

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