Enrollment Trends for Hawaii Colleges

There are 11 active four-years colleges and universities in Hawaii - 4 public and 7 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 37,631 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Hawaii including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students decreased by 16.38% from 45,005 to 37,631. The undergraduate population decreased by 16.4% and the graduate population decreased by 16.33% in last 10 years at Hawaii Colleges.

By gender, there are 23,756 female students and 13,875 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.71 to 1. The female students decreased by 8.8% and male students decreased by 26.81% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 10 years is 39,390, and 37,631 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 81.75% are undergraduate students and 18.25% are graduate students. Over the past 10, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 6,034, and the graduate student enrollment decreased by 1,340.

The female to male ratio is 1.71 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Hawaii Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Hawaii Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	45,005	36,798	15,560	21,238	8,207	3,398	4,809
2014-15	43,468 -1,537	35,581 -1,217	14,971 -589	20,610 -628	7,887 -320	3,174 -224	4,713 -96
2015-16	40,996 -2,472	33,563 -2,018	14,044 -927	19,519 -1,091	7,433 -454	2,967 -207	4,466 -247
2016-17	38,893 -2,103	31,930 -1,633	13,136 -908	18,794 -725	6,963 -470	2,804 -163	4,159 -307
2017-18	38,449 -444	31,818 -112	12,770 -366	19,048 254	6,631 -332	2,688 -116	3,943 -216
2018-19	37,437 -1,012	30,941 -877	12,084 -686	18,857 -191	6,496 -135	2,579 -109	3,917 -26
2019-20	36,756 -681	30,179 -762	11,639 -445	18,540 -317	6,577 81	2,498 -81	4,079 162
2020-21	37,243 487	30,822 643	11,630 -9	19,192 652	6,421 -156	2,408 -90	4,013 -66
2021-22	38,022 779	31,289 467	11,442 -188	19,847 655	6,733 312	2,414 6	4,319 306
2022-23	37,631 -391	30,764 -525	11,423 -19	19,341 -506	6,867 134	2,452 38	4,415 96
Average	39,390	32,369	12,870	19,499	7,022	2,738	4,283

Hawaii Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 10 years is 32,369. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 6,034 from 36,798 to 30,764.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Hawaii Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	36,798	27,058	11,450	15,608	9,740	4,110	5,630
2014-15	35,581	26,157	11,013	15,144	9,424	3,958	5,466
2015-16	33,563	25,115	10,561	14,554	8,448	3,483	4,965
2016-17	31,930	23,811	9,903	13,908	8,119	3,233	4,886
2017-18	31,818	23,504	9,539	13,965	8,314	3,231	5,083
2018-19	30,941	22,874	9,019	13,855	8,067	3,065	5,002
2019-20	30,179	22,132	8,594	13,538	8,047	3,045	5,002
2020-21	30,822	21,930	8,214	13,716	8,892	3,416	5,476
2021-22	31,289	22,327	8,046	14,281	8,962	3,396	5,566
2022-23	30,764	22,117	8,173	13,944	8,647	3,250	5,397
Average	32,369	32,369	9,451	14,251	32,369	3,419	5,247

Hawaii Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 10 years is 7,022. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Graduate students decreased by 1,340 from 8,207 to 6,867.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Hawaii Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,207	4,540	1,851	2,689	3,667	1,547	2,120
2014-15	7,887	4,600	1,867	2,733	3,287	1,307	1,980
2015-16	7,433	4,365	1,741	2,624	3,068	1,226	1,842
2016-17	6,963	4,137	1,686	2,451	2,826	1,118	1,708
2017-18	6,631	3,925	1,607	2,318	2,706	1,081	1,625
2018-19	6,496	3,765	1,525	2,240	2,731	1,054	1,677
2019-20	6,577	3,799	1,423	2,376	2,778	1,075	1,703
2020-21	6,421	3,807	1,409	2,398	2,614	999	1,615
2021-22	6,733	3,628	1,237	2,391	3,105	1,177	1,928
2022-23	6,867	3,672	1,263	2,409	3,195	1,189	2,006
Average	7,022	7,022	1,561	2,463	7,022	1,177	1,820

Hawaii Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 19.62% and the percentage of black students is 1.79% at Hawaii Colleges. 25.41% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Hawaii Colleges over the past 10 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	130	12,459	1,000	3,948	3,212	10,046	9,224
2014-15	149	11,953	1,048	4,094	2,945	9,499	9,127
2015-16	131	11,377	908	4,098	2,640	8,646	8,843
2016-17	127	10,954	864	3,985	2,355	7,839	8,417
2017-18	113	10,629	864	4,082	2,239	7,609	8,470
2018-19	101	10,379	795	4,073	2,069	7,235	8,455
2019-20	107	9,915	678	4,171	2,410	7,073	8,426
2020-21	102	9,962	639	4,458	2,177	6,975	9,242
2021-22	117	9,717	663	4,825	1,976	7,778	9,091
2022-23	112	9,562	673	4,898	1,869	7,384	8,935
Average	119	10,691	813	4,263	2,389	8,008	8,823

Hawaii Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

6,184 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 48.55% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Hawaii Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	46,734	4,163	7,151	35,420
2013-14	45,005	3,729	6,854	34,422
2014-15	43,468	3,975	8,203	31,290
2015-16	40,996	3,578	7,696	29,722
2016-17	38,893	3,660	8,304	26,929
2017-18	38,449	3,913	8,081	26,455
2018-19	37,437	3,651	7,765	26,021
2019-20	36,756	3,381	8,110	25,265
2020-21	37,243	23,886	8,362	4,995
2021-22	38,022	15,224	14,641	8,157
2022-23	37,631	6,184	9,519	21,928
Average	40,058	6,849	8,608	24,600

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