The average acceptance rate of the 4 Hawaii colleges that have competitive admission is 84.26% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 0.12%. The acceptance rate at 1 Hawaii colleges increased and the rate of 3 colleges decreased.
Brigham Young University-Hawaii has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 38.03%. University of Hawaii at Manoa (70.00%) and Hawaii Pacific University (84.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest Hawaii 4-Years Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Brigham Young University-Hawaii stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. University of Hawaii at Manoa also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $24,675 and graduate tuition & fees is $27,296 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
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1 - | Brigham Young University-Hawaii Laie, HIPrivate, 4-year | 38.03% 3.82% | 69.98% | 1,055 | $6,438 | 2,735 | 66.00% | 15 to 1 |
2 - | University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HIPublic, 4-year | 70.00% 2.77% | 23.00% | 1,120 | $34,218 ($12,186) | 19,074 | 62.00% | 14 to 1 |
3 1 | Hawaii Pacific University Honolulu, HIPrivate, 4-year | 84.00% 3.10% | 4.00% | 1,155 | $36,080 | 4,876 | 44.00% | 16 to 1 |
4 1 | University of Hawaii at Hilo Hilo, HIPublic, 4-year | 90.01% 5.77% | 16.00% | 1,035 | $20,798 ($7,838) | 2,977 | 42.00% | 12 to 1 |
5 - | Chaminade University of Honolulu Honolulu, HIPrivate, 4-year | 93.02% 0.39% | 19.98% | 1,155 | $29,970 | 2,369 | 66.00% | 11 to 1 |
6 - | University of Hawaii-West Oahu Kapolei, HIPublic, 4-year | 96.00% 0.37% | 33.06% | 1,120 | $20,544 ($7,584) | 2,913 | 32.00% | 17 to 1 |
Average | 78.51% | 27.67% | 1,107 | $24,675 ($9,203) | 5,824 | 52.00% | 14 to 1 |