Enrollment Trends at UHH

The student population at University of Hawaii at Hilo is 2,977 (2,593 undergraduate and 384 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,066 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UHH is 87.10% which is decreased by 864 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 202 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.88 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

730 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 270.56% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,516 where 2,977 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.10% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.90% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 864 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 202 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.88 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UHH than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Hawaii at Hilo since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,043	3,457	1,394	2,063	586	234	352
2014-15	3,924 -119	3,362 -95	1,332 -62	2,030 -33	562 -24	214 -20	348 -4
2015-16	3,829 -95	3,260 -102	1,259 -73	2,001 -29	569 7	205 -9	364 16
2016-17	3,666 -163	3,075 -185	1,170 -89	1,905 -96	591 22	216 11	375 11
2017-18	3,539 -127	2,971 -104	1,091 -79	1,880 -25	568 -23	203 -13	365 -10
2018-19	3,406 -133	2,816 -155	986 -105	1,830 -50	590 22	208 5	382 17
2019-20	3,372 -34	2,818 2	1,029 43	1,789 -41	554 -36	201 -7	353 -29
2020-21	3,165 -207	2,671 -147	954 -75	1,717 -72	494 -60	164 -37	330 -23
2021-22	3,243 78	2,763 92	973 19	1,790 73	480 -14	147 -17	333 3
2022-23	2,977 -266	2,593 -170	913 -60	1,680 -110	384 -96	120 -27	264 -69
Average	3,516	2,979	1,110	1,869	538	191	347

University of Hawaii at Hilo Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,979 where 2,593 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Hawaii at Hilo since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,457	2,766	1,125	1,641	691	269	422
2014-15	3,362	2,726	1,112	1,614	636	220	416
2015-16	3,260	2,548	1,017	1,531	712	242	470
2016-17	3,075	2,440	957	1,483	635	213	422
2017-18	2,971	2,340	890	1,450	631	201	430
2018-19	2,816	2,233	800	1,433	583	186	397
2019-20	2,818	2,204	815	1,389	614	214	400
2020-21	2,671	2,112	769	1,343	559	185	374
2021-22	2,763	1,975	696	1,279	788	277	511
2022-23	2,593	1,834	666	1,168	759	247	512
Average	2,979	2,979	885	1,433	2,979	225	435

University of Hawaii at Hilo Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 538 where 384 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Hawaii at Hilo since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	586	454	191	263	132	43	89
2014-15	562	433	172	261	129	42	87
2015-16	569	418	163	255	151	42	109
2016-17	591	423	168	255	168	48	120
2017-18	568	403	143	260	165	60	105
2018-19	590	411	147	264	179	61	118
2019-20	554	394	140	254	160	61	99
2020-21	494	349	116	233	145	48	97
2021-22	480	294	84	210	186	63	123
2022-23	384	231	68	163	153	52	101
Average	538	538	139	242	538	52	105

University of Hawaii at Hilo Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 19.85% and the percentage of black students is 1.07% at University of Hawaii at Hilo. 15.42% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Hawaii at Hilo over the past 11 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	15	864	45	414	420	965	1,133
2014-15	20	806	46	457	391	896	1,129
2015-16	22	777	43	482	377	817	1,157
2016-17	18	752	45	485	349	738	1,140
2017-18	15	688	52	499	326	699	1,109
2018-19	14	655	45	506	277	633	1,133
2019-20	20	608	42	501	276	626	1,148
2020-21	17	565	44	472	238	585	1,146
2021-22	23	556	33	494	249	625	1,134
2022-23	29	459	32	452	229	591	1,051
Average	19	673	43	476	313	718	1,128

University of Hawaii at Hilo Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

730 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has increased 270.56% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Hawaii at Hilo from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,924	197	717	3,010
2015-16	3,829	213	725	2,891
2016-17	3,666	161	644	2,861
2017-18	3,539	252	861	2,426
2018-19	3,406	271	809	2,326
2019-20	3,372	209	894	2,269
2020-21	3,165	3,018	99	48
2021-22	3,243	1,515	1,348	380
2022-23	2,977	730	1,727	520
Average	3,458	730	869	1,859

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