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Chaminade University of Honolulu

Honolulu, Hawaii·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Far West·chaminade.edu
6-yr Graduation
55%
-8.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Total enrollment
2,709
peer median 2,512
Avg net price
$28,061
+$4.4k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
1,937
1,937 candidates competed
Admitted
1,771
91.4% acceptance rate
Enrolled
292
16.5% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
55%-8.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
4-year graduation
55%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
65%
Full-time retention
70%

Pell equity

22.0pp gap
Pell recipients
50%
Non-Pell
72%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 22.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 46 Title IV programs, 11 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 35 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
46
Passing
11
23.9% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

46programs
  • Passing11 · 23.9%
  • No Data35 · 76.1%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
1
Safe
9
No data
35

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

11
History
Bachelor Degree · History
+5.3%
$38,412 vs $36,491
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
+23.6%
$60,121 vs $48,653
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
+29.8%
$60,222 vs $46,391
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+40.3%
$51,215 vs $36,491
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+40.7%
$51,344 vs $36,491
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
+44.5%
$52,720 vs $36,491
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+46.7%
$75,599 vs $51,545
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Master's Degree · Security And Protective Services
+51.3%
$60,090 vs $39,716

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

8
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
82%
$49,220 debt · $60,121 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Master's Degree · Security And Protective Services
76%
$45,432 debt · $60,090 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
54%
$40,798 debt · $75,599 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
51%
$26,000 debt · $51,344 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
50%
$30,374 debt · $60,222 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
44%
$23,146 debt · $52,720 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
43%
$24,500 debt · $56,778 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
25%
$26,733 debt · $108,622 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education

Accredited since 2023Next review Nov 2028
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

WASC Senior College and University Commission

Accredited since 1960Next review Jun 2027

Programmatic accreditations · 4

Action history · 7

  1. Nov 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education · Montessori Education (MACTE) - Montessori teacher education programs and institutions
  2. Jun 2025Grant Substantive Change: Final Branch Approval
    WASC Senior College and University Commission
  3. Jun 2021Grant Substantive Change: Program
    WASC Senior College and University Commission
  4. Nov 2020Grant Substantive Change: Program
    WASC Senior College and University Commission
  5. Aug 2019Grant Substantive Change: Program
    WASC Senior College and University Commission

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$31,894
$30–48k$19,135
$48–75k$24,488
$75–110k$26,305
$110k+$27,774

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$28,061
+$4,434vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs median $23,627
Federal loans
37.1%
In-state tuition
$29,970
Out-of-state
$29,970

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 783 students received $4.5M in Pell grants, alongside $17.8M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
783
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$4.5M
$4,476,470 total
Direct Loans
$17.8M
1,719 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
20
1k
21
1k
22
1k
23
1k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$2.0M
483 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.3M
519 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$7.6M
450 loan awards
Parent PLUS$3.3M
148 loan awards
Grad PLUS$2.5M
119 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 469 borrowers who entered repayment, 9 (1.9%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.9%
-0.4pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
469
Defaulted
9
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
6.5%
2017
4.9%
2018
3.8%
2019
1.9%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Chaminade

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs43
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

527 total completions
01Education
11321.4%
02Psychology
11020.9%
03Health Professions
10720.3%
04Business
6512.3%
05Liberal Arts
5510.4%
06Security/Protective
438.2%
07Biological Sciences
173.2%
08Natural Resources
71.3%
09History
50.9%
10Communication
50.9%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
2,709
12-mo unduplicated
3,167
Undergraduate
2,103
Graduate
1,064

Gender split

Men
28%884
Women
72%2,283

Race / ethnicity composition

Asian
26.0%
Unknown
24.9%
Two or more
15.6%
Hispanic
14.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
9.2%
White
8.4%
Black
1.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.2%
Non-resident
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
201
102 M · 99 W
Women athletes
49.3%
Athletic aid
$1.4M
Total student aid
Budget
$4.8M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$597K
$803K
Recruiting expense
$15K
$9K
Head-coach salaries
$47K
$35K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 9

Soccer
32 M · 25 W
$498K
Baseball
42 M ·
$519K
Basketball
15 M · 16 W
$1.1M
Volleyball
· 20 W
$749K
Softball
· 19 W
$294K
Cross Country
9 M · 8 W
$146K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 2,369 students

3-year trend

2.262 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
5
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs01
    Liquor09

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    Student-to-faculty
    11.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    100

    Chaminade vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Chaminade selected for federal comparison reporting.

    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    This institutionPeer median

    A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

    Carnegie
    SubjectChaminade University of Honolulu
    55%2,709$28,061Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
    Pacific Lutheran University
    69%78.0%2,797$21,370Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
    Los Angeles Pacific University
    17%1,881$20,170Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
    University of Portland
    80%89.2%3,285$36,371Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
    Vanguard University of Southern California
    57%62.4%2,246$19,761Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
    Whitworth University
    71%89.8%2,314$25,884Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
    Peer group median63%83.6%2,512$23,627

    Frequently asked questions about Chaminade University of Honolulu

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Chaminade.

    What is the graduation rate at Chaminade University of Honolulu?

    Chaminade University of Honolulu reports a 6-year graduation rate of 55% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Chaminade University of Honolulu?

    Chaminade University of Honolulu reports a total enrollment of 2,709 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Chaminade University of Honolulu?

    The average net price at Chaminade University of Honolulu is $28,061 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    What is the yield rate at Chaminade University of Honolulu?

    Chaminade University of Honolulu's yield rate is 16.5%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

    Where is Chaminade University of Honolulu located?

    Chaminade University of Honolulu is located in Honolulu, Hawaii 96816-1578.

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