The average acceptance rate of the 2 public Hawaii colleges that have competitive admission is 80.01% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 1.5%. The acceptance rate at 1 public Hawaii colleges increased and the rate of 1 colleges decreased.
University of Hawaii at Manoa has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 70.00%. University of Hawaii at Hilo (90.01%) is following it in the list of Tightest Hawaii Public 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.
University of Hawaii at Manoa stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. University of Hawaii at Hilo also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $27,508 and graduate tuition & fees is $30,806 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | 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 |
| 2 - | 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 |
| Average | 80.01% | 19.50% | 1,078 | $27,508 ($10,012) | 11,026 | 52.00% | 13 to 1 |