University of Hawaii - West Oahu
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
Pell recipients here graduate at a 5.1-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.
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 23 Title IV programs, 6 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 17 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing6 · 26.1%
- No Data17 · 73.9%
- 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.
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 · 1
Action history · 1
- 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, 1,273 students received $6.1M in Pell grants, alongside $4.6M 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 527 borrowers who entered repayment, 8 (1.5%) defaulted within three years — below 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 Hawaii
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
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
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.
Hawaii vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Hawaii 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-West Oahu | 50% | — | 2,814 | $10,327 | Baccalaureate |
| 34% | 86.8% | 7,549 | $14,068 | Baccalaureate | |
| 53% | 95.0% | 5,299 | $15,706 | Baccalaureate | |
| 60% | 95.0% | 837 | $20,555 | Baccalaureate | |
| 36% | 77.3% | 3,544 | $17,296 | Baccalaureate | |
| 31% | 81.8% | 3,272 | $15,314 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 43% | 86.8% | 3,408 | $15,510 |
Institutions like Hawaii
Explore the federal data for institutions in Hawaii's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateNevada
Nevada State University
Grad rate34%Admit rate86.8%Enrollment7,549Net price$14,068View data - BaccalaureateOregon
Oregon Institute of Technology
Grad rate53%Admit rate95.0%Enrollment5,299Net price$15,706View data - BaccalaureateCalifornia
California State University Maritime Academy
Grad rate60%Admit rate95.0%Enrollment837Net price$20,555View data - BaccalaureateColorado
Fort Lewis College
Grad rate36%Admit rate77.3%Enrollment3,544Net price$17,296View data - BaccalaureateOklahoma
Rogers State University
Grad rate31%Admit rate81.8%Enrollment3,272Net price$15,314View data
Hawaii Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Produces both descriptive statistics and inferential analysis to support evaluation of university operations for executive management, campus divisions, and university constituents.
Visit IR office page- John StanleyDirector of Institutional Research
- Christi PalacatInstitutional Analyst
Common Data Set
Hawaii'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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