The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Hawaii is 78.51% - 31,061 students accepted out of total 40,365.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 73.66% to 78.51%. The Hawaii Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 27.67% and the yield is lower than 48.55%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 74.73% where the current academic year rate is 78.51% at Hawaii Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 74.85% and women students' rate is 74.70%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Hawaii Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
73.66% |
72.46% |
73.86% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
69.08%
-4.58% |
68.30%
-4.16% |
69.46%
-4.40% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
69.88%
0.80% |
71.52%
3.23% |
68.74%
-0.73% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
67.35%
-2.53% |
64.95%
-6.57% |
68.88%
0.14% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
71.48%
4.13% |
70.56%
5.61% |
72.09%
3.21% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
75.01%
3.53% |
75.11%
4.55% |
74.69%
2.59% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
72.65%
-2.36% |
72.32%
-2.79% |
72.99%
-1.69% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
79.73%
7.08% |
80.42%
8.10% |
79.72%
6.73% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
86.67%
6.94% |
86.87%
6.45% |
86.83%
7.11% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
78.02%
-8.65% |
80.02%
-6.85% |
77.24%
-9.59% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
78.51%
0.49% |
80.85%
0.84% |
77.16%
-0.08% |
|---|
| Average |
74.73% |
74.85% |
74.70% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 36.58% where the current academic year yield is 27.67%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate is the percentage of admitted students who finally enrolled. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Hawaii Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
48.55% |
43.89% |
51.01% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
47.28%
-1.27% |
46.54%
2.65% |
48.64%
-2.37% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
41.23%
-6.05% |
39.13%
-7.41% |
43.06%
-5.58% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
38.97%
-2.26% |
39.95%
0.82% |
38.16%
-4.90% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
38.11%
-0.86% |
34.33%
-5.62% |
41.00%
2.84% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
36.97%
-1.14% |
39.05%
4.72% |
35.36%
-5.63% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
36.43%
-0.55% |
35.94%
-3.11% |
37.06%
1.70% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
33.68%
-2.75% |
35.39%
-0.55% |
33.18%
-3.88% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
26.68%
-7.00% |
30.34%
-5.06% |
24.83%
-8.35% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
26.80%
0.12% |
31.14%
0.80% |
24.76%
-0.07% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
27.67%
0.87% |
29.86%
-1.28% |
26.63%
1.87% |
|---|
| Average |
36.58% |
36.87% |
36.70% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 26,535, the average number of admitted is 19,783, and the average number of enrolled students is 4,370 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Hawaii Colleges increased by 4.32% (1,673 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Hawaii Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
17,333 |
11,960 |
4,190 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
18,752
8.19% |
12,583
5.21% |
4,030
-3.82% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
17,719
-5.51% |
13,161
4.59% |
3,998
-0.79% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
19,542
10.29% |
13,938
5.90% |
3,904
-2.35% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
22,107
13.13% |
16,205
16.26% |
4,091
4.79% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
22,146
0.18% |
16,789
3.60% |
4,304
5.21% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
28,480
28.60% |
18,282
8.89% |
3,988
-7.34% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
28,723
0.85% |
23,566
28.90% |
4,358
9.28% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
38,024
32.38% |
29,772
26.33% |
5,369
23.20% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
38,692
1.76% |
30,296
1.76% |
4,939
-8.01% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
40,365
4.32% |
31,061
2.53% |
4,904
-0.71% |
|---|
| Average |
26,535 |
19,783 |
4,370 |
|---|