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.
University of Hawaii at Manoa has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 70.00%. Hawaii Pacific University (84.00%) and University of Hawaii at Hilo (90.01%) are following it in the list of Tightest Hawaii 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. Hawaii Pacific University ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $30,267 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 |
| 3 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 |
| 4 - | 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 |
| Average | 84.26% | 15.75% | 1,116 | $30,267 ($10,012) | 7,324 | 53.50% | 13 to 1 |