How many students at UHH? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 2,977 students have enrolled in University of Hawaii at Hilo with 2,593 undergraduate and 384 graduate students.

By gender, 1,033 male and 1,944 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (12,612 students in average - public Doctoral / Research University).

730 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,727 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

University of Hawaii at Hilo has a total of 2,977 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 2,593 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 384 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,033 male and 1,944 female students (the male-female ratio is 35:65) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total2,9772,593384
Men1,033913120
Women1,9441,680264
University of Hawaii at Hilo 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartUniversity of Hawaii at Hilo 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartUniversity of Hawaii at Hilo 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 591 White, 32 Black, and 459 Asian students out of a total of 2,977 are attending at University of Hawaii at Hilo. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American29623
Asian459167292
Black321517
Hispanic452131321
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders22987142
White591204387
Two or more races1,051371680
Race Unknown835
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American21516
Asian348134214
Black291415
Hispanic412119293
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders20980129
White513178335
Two or more races945339606
Race Unknown835
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American817
Asian1113378
Black312
Hispanic401228
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders20713
White782652
Two or more races1063274
Race Unknown---
University of Hawaii at Hilo 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartUniversity of Hawaii at Hilo 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartUniversity of Hawaii at Hilo 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, UHH has 228 students under 18 years old and 12 students over 65 years old. There are 2,193 students under 25 years old, and 784 students over 25 years old out of 2,977 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 228 students are younger than 18 and 9 students are older than 65. UHH has 2,067 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 526 students aged 25 and over.

It has 126 graduate students aged under 25 and 258 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1822815771
18-19722471251
20-21694455239
22-24549348201
25-29310199111
30-3417310469
35-391056837
40-491158332
50-64695019
Over 651293
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1822815771
18-19722471251
20-21680445235
22-24437266171
25-2919812573
30-341217546
35-39714625
40-49795425
50-64483513
Over 65963
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-2114104
22-241128230
25-291127438
30-34522923
35-39342212
40-4936297
50-6421156
Over 65330
University of Hawaii at Hilo 2023 Student Population by Age chartUniversity of Hawaii at Hilo 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartUniversity of Hawaii at Hilo 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartUniversity of Hawaii at Hilo 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartUniversity of Hawaii at Hilo 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartUniversity of Hawaii at Hilo 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At University of Hawaii at Hilo, 730 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,727 students are enrolled in some online courses.

651 students lived in Hawaii or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 79 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students2,9777301,727
Undergraduate2,5936151,677
Graduate38411550
Online Student Population by Locality
Hawaii ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students6516811
Undergraduate550587
Graduate101104
University of Hawaii at Hilo 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 2,593 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 335 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 12.92%.247 students have transferred in as full-time status and 88 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time1,587
Transfer-in Full-time247
Regular Part-time671
Transfer-in Part-time88

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