Alaska Pacific University

The Frozen North Methodist University was brought about by the Alaska Mission of the Methodist Church and appeared after a brave gathering pledges exertion in Anchorage created $723,000. It opened its first classes in 1960, graduated three students from another school its first year, and was completely authorize in 1964 at the main open door. Methodist backing was decreased throughout the years as indicated by arrangement, however church help stayed imperative. Like other Methodist foundations, the University never was a religious school thusly with obligatory church or required religious courses.

Rebuilt and renamed in 1978, non-denominational Alaska Pacific University today holds its dedication to Alaska Native instruction and encourages improvement of otherworldly and good values for all understudies, personnel and staff predictable with APU's Judeo-Christian legacy.

APU pulls in understudies from around Alaska, the United States and the world. The college offers two-year, four-year, expert's and doctorate level projects. Deliberately little class sizes underscore APU's dedication to understudy focused, experiential discovering that stresses thorough scholastics and testing field work in expressions of the human experience and sciences.