University of Hawaii at Hilo
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 18.6-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 81 Title IV programs, 15 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 66 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing15 · 18.5%
- No Data66 · 81.5%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
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.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
WASC Senior College and University Commission
WASC Senior College and University Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 6
Action history · 8
- Jun 2025Removal of Monitoring StatusWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Jun 2025Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Council for Pharmacy Education · Pharmacy (PHAR) - Professional degree programs
- Jun 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Dec 2023Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (NUR) - Baccalaureate program
- Jun 2022Renewal of AccreditationWASC Senior College and University Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,168 students received $6.6M in Pell grants, alongside $11.0M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 779 borrowers who entered repayment, 26 (3.3%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at University of Hawaii at Hilo
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 8
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus10
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
University of Hawaii at Hilo vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions University of Hawaii at Hilo selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of Hawaii at Hilo | 48% | — | 2,668 | $11,856 | Doctoral/Professional |
| — | 92.9% | 8,996 | $32,654 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 30% | 97.6% | 4,081 | $20,435 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 47% | 78.3% | 4,782 | $13,479 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 40% | 70.5% | 6,529 | $7,007 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 49% | 89.5% | 7,812 | $14,578 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| Peer group median | 47% | 89.5% | 5,656 | $14,029 |
Institutions like University of Hawaii at Hilo
Explore the federal data for institutions in University of Hawaii at Hilo's comparison group.
- Doctoral/ProfessionalCalifornia
University of Massachusetts Global
Grad rate—Admit rate92.9%Enrollment8,996Net price$32,654View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalAlabama
Alabama State University
Grad rate30%Admit rate97.6%Enrollment4,081Net price$20,435View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalNorth Carolina
Winston-Salem State University
Grad rate47%Admit rate78.3%Enrollment4,782Net price$13,479View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalMichigan
University of Michigan-Flint
Grad rate40%Admit rate70.5%Enrollment6,529Net price$7,007View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalVirginia
Radford University
Grad rate49%Admit rate89.5%Enrollment7,812Net price$14,578View data
University of Hawaii at Hilo Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Mission of the Office of Institutional Research at UH Hilo is keyed to the college’s 10 year strategic planning goals in supplying faculty, administration, and staff—as well as various external constituents—with consultation, statistics, and analyses deriving from student/alumni/community surveys, and from live operational and/or archival data sources that reflect, support, enhance, and inform organizational planning & decision processes, policy formulation, and ongoing institutional effectiveness/learning outcome assessment activities.
Visit IR office page- Kelli OkumuraInstitutional Research Analyst
Common Data Set
University of Hawaii at Hilo's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
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