University of Hawaii at Manoa

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Population 850,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 40 (3% 🥵)
Sunshine Hours 3,057 (90% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 270 (85%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 13,207
Men / Women 41% / 59%
From State 62%
From Region 0%
Athletes 484 (3.8%)

Racial/Ethnic

Asian 32%
Mixed 24%
White 21%
Hispanic 15%
International 4%
Native American 3%
Black 1%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts, Languages & Letters 1,543 26% 24% 26% 2% 15% 3% $54,783 3 -0.60 40 90% 8.9%
Nursing 123 — 15% 9% 51% 0% 11% 0% $111,214 97 +1.89 98 98% — — — —
Economics 83 — 76% 19% 23% 6% 17% 7% $60,443 1 -1.41 55 94% 6.5% — — —
American Studies 7 — 29% 43% 0% 0% 14% 0% $40,067 3 -1.52 8 79% — — — —
Asian Studies/Civilization 4 — 50% 50% 25% 0% 0% 25% $40,067 3 -1.52 8 79% — — — —
Chinese 5 — 40% 20% 20% 20% 0% 0% $44,069 6 -1.25 14 72% — — — —
Classical and Ancient Studies 2 — 0% 0% 0% 50% 0% 0% $51,737 32 -0.51 31 — — — — —
Classics 4 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $46,317 7 -1.04 18 — — — — —
English 64 — 17% 19% 25% 0% 22% 2% $37,859 2 -1.77 6 91% — — — —
Ethnic Studies 11 — 36% 9% 27% 9% 9% 9% $44,746 5 -1.15 15 88% — — — —
Filipino/Tagalog Language 13 — 38% 8% 85% 0% 8% 0% $45,773 10 -1.09 17 — — — — —
Foreign Languages 15 — 20% 40% 13% 0% 33% 0% $45,710 10 -1.10 17 — — — — —
German — — — — — — — — $46,503 12 -1.03 18 — — — — —
Hawaiian Language 8 — 62% 12% 0% 0% 12% 0% $45,815 10 -1.09 17 — — — — —
History 22 — 55% 32% 23% 0% 23% 0% $49,925 21 -0.68 27 93% — — — —
Japanese 33 — 45% 6% 58% 3% 3% 3% $44,069 6 -1.25 14 72% — — — —
Korean 17 — 18% 24% 29% 0% 6% 6% $44,069 6 -1.25 14 72% — — — —
Native American Studies 22 — 32% 0% 0% 0% 18% 0% $44,746 5 -1.15 15 88% — — — —
Pacific Area Studies 4 — 0% 25% 0% 0% 0% 0% $40,067 3 -1.52 8 79% — — — —
Philosophy 7 — 71% 29% 29% 0% 0% 14% $46,449 8 -1.13 18 — — — — —
Religious Traditions 3 — 0% 67% 33% 0% 0% 0% $47,372 32 -0.43 20 — — — — —
Russian — — — — — — — — $46,379 12 -1.04 18 — — — — —
Spanish — — — — — — — — $48,464 17 -0.85 23 90% — — — —
Women's Studies 20 — 10% 35% 10% 0% 25% 0% $44,746 5 -1.41 15 88% — — — —
Anthropology 26 — 27% 31% 8% 4% 23% 0% $47,246 8 -0.87 20 83% — — — —
Family and Community Services 44 — 14% 14% 25% 0% 18% 5% $46,066 12 -0.85 17 100% — — — —
Geography 2 — 0% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $52,897 13 -1.06 35 100% — — — —
Journalism 24 — 46% 8% 21% 0% 25% 8% $48,836 5 -1.51 24 — — — — —
Political Science 88 — 41% 27% 23% 2% 15% 2% $64,690 30 -0.55 64 87% — — — —
Psychology 282 — 18% 29% 24% 1% 18% 4% $50,224 23 -0.73 27 88% — — — —
Research & Experimental Psychology 1 — 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% $50,977 10 -1.14 29 — — — — —
Social Work 43 — 21% 23% 16% 0% 26% 0% $53,206 45 -0.01 35 91% — — — —
Sociology 67 — 31% 28% 15% 3% 12% 4% $50,987 28 -0.53 29 96% — — — —
Speech Communication and Rhetoric 125 — 30% 34% 21% 2% 11% 4% $46,155 5 -1.47 18 95% — — — —
Early Childhood Education 8 — 0% 0% 38% 0% 38% 0% $51,544 48 -0.11 31 94% — — — —
Education 26 — 0% 12% 27% 0% 19% 0% $53,377 43 -0.20 36 — — — — —
Elementary Education 60 — 8% 12% 18% 2% 10% 0% $51,544 48 -0.11 31 94% — — — —
General Education 91 — 31% 41% 7% 7% 20% 4% $55,609 55 +0.06 42 81% 11.0% — — —
Secondary Education and Teaching 23 — 26% 9% 61% 0% 13% 0% $51,544 31 -0.41 31 94% — — — —
Special Education 36 — 11% 17% 33% 0% 8% 0% $63,799 89 +1.19 62 100% — — — —
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor 11 — 27% 9% 45% 0% 18% 0% $41,203 1 -2.00 9 83% — — — —
Apparel and Textiles 30 — 7% 40% 23% 0% 10% 3% $42,566 3 -1.89 11 87% — — — —
Art/Art Studies 70 — 19% 26% 33% 0% 9% 1% $38,314 11 -0.91 6 90% — — — —
Dance 4 — 25% 0% 0% 0% 50% 0% $40,130 32 -0.39 8 — — — — —
Music 12 — 58% 0% 50% 0% 8% 0% $39,632 13 -0.76 7 — — — — —
Theater 1 — 100% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% $39,201 28 -0.52 7 — — — — —
Theatre and Dance 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $38,857 24 -0.56 7 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Engineering 229 72% 12% 53% 0% 13% 1% $83,942 82 -1.12 87 96%
Agricultural and Biological Engineering 7 — 29% 0% 71% 0% 0% 0% $82,706 10 -1.17 86 — — — — —
Civil Engineering 46 — 76% 0% 61% 0% 9% 2% $85,774 14 -0.94 88 99% — — — —
Computer Engineering 24 — 88% 17% 54% 0% 12% 0% $102,780 19 -0.67 96 96% — — — —
Construction Engineering 6 — 100% 17% 17% 0% 50% 0% $87,636 22 -0.67 89 — — — — —
Electrical Engineering 36 — 67% 8% 61% 0% 6% 6% $84,971 0 -1.51 88 95% — — — —
Engineering Science 1 — 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $90,118 24 -0.64 91 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 71 — 80% 15% 51% 0% 17% 0% $90,865 10 -1.05 91 95% — — — —
Environmental Design/Architecture 38 — 50% 21% 45% 0% 11% 0% $55,400 7 -1.45 41 94% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Natural Sciences 239 59% 14% 49% 1% 9% 3% $77,380 65 -1.10 82 96%
Computer Science 133 — 69% 6% 59% 2% 8% 2% $89,647 11 -1.03 91 98% — — — —
Computer and Information Sciences 35 — 71% 9% 51% 0% 9% 3% $66,643 4 -1.54 68 96% — — — —
Astronomy 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $64,177 6 -1.40 63 — — — — —
Astrophysics 8 — 25% 38% 38% 0% 0% 0% $64,161 6 -1.40 63 — — — — —
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology 5 — 60% 80% 0% 0% 0% 0% $57,951 22 -0.64 48 — — — — —
Chemistry 11 — 18% 9% 64% 0% 0% 0% $59,833 7 -1.13 53 — — — — —
Geosciences 20 — 15% 40% 25% 0% 20% 5% $56,426 16 -0.78 44 — — — — —
Mathematics 19 — 53% 16% 37% 0% 11% 11% $59,482 9 -0.98 52 81% — — — —
Physics 7 — 71% 43% 0% 0% 14% 14% $64,889 7 -1.35 64 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources 719 32% 22% 33% 2% 14% 4% $52,807 2 -0.98 34 93%
Biochemistry 18 — 50% 11% 33% 0% 6% 11% $58,363 7 -1.17 49 86% — — — —
Biology 138 — 30% 13% 46% 3% 9% 4% $54,302 7 -1.41 39 93% — — — —
Biotechnology 15 — 27% 0% 47% 0% 33% 0% $57,409 6 -1.25 47 — — — — —
Botany 12 — 50% 50% 8% 0% 25% 0% $45,765 8 -1.17 17 — — — — —
Cellular and Molecular Biology 24 — 29% 21% 38% 4% 4% 12% $57,854 6 -1.21 48 — — — — —
Microbiology 12 — 42% 17% 50% 0% 8% 8% $57,540 5 -1.71 47 — — — — —
Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture 14 — 36% 36% 0% 0% 14% 7% $49,943 11 -1.07 27 — — — — —
Animal Sciences 18 — 11% 22% 28% 11% 6% 0% $40,171 3 -1.58 8 89% — — — —
Dietetics/Dietitian 12 — 17% 33% 42% 0% 8% 0% $55,228 15 -0.83 41 — — — — —
Environmental Science 20 — 40% 25% 20% 0% 25% 10% $45,361 3 -1.67 16 100% — — — —
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography 75 — 25% 44% 11% 0% 19% 7% $57,432 59 +0.29 47 100% — — — —
Nutrition Sciences 15 — 27% 13% 47% 7% 7% 7% $60,813 33 -0.30 56 86% — — — —
Dental Hygiene 16 — 12% 6% 75% 0% 0% 0% $71,301 52 +0.03 75 97% — — — —
Exercise Science and Kinesiology 131 — 40% 20% 31% 1% 19% 2% $53,339 15 -0.98 36 93% — — — —
Medical Technology 6 — 33% 0% 67% 0% 17% 0% $67,645 15 -0.90 69 — — — — —
Public Health 69 — 20% 14% 29% 3% 19% 0% $51,890 8 -1.23 32 92% — — — —
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness 4 — 75% 75% 0% 0% 0% 0% $53,339 15 -0.98 36 93% — — — —
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy 35 — 23% 20% 31% 0% 17% 6% $53,755 15 -0.77 37 94% — — — —
Geography and Environmental Studies 9 — 44% 56% 11% 0% 22% 0% $52,215 9 -1.14 33 — — — — —
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects 76 — 46% 24% 34% 1% 8% 4% $40,053 6 -1.06 8 86% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Shidler College of Business 707 47% 16% 42% 0% 10% 7% $61,066 13 -1.19 56 92%
Accounting 77 — 48% 5% 62% 0% 8% 3% $75,560 26 -0.74 80 94% — — — —
Business Management and Administration 88 — 53% 18% 34% 1% 10% 11% $60,573 10 -0.89 55 91% — — — —
Entrepreneurship 38 — 37% 26% 26% 0% 8% 5% $42,639 1 -1.47 11 86% — — — —
Finance 142 — 70% 16% 48% 0% 7% 6% $64,593 2 -1.19 64 90% — — — —
Human Resources Management 35 — 26% 14% 34% 0% 17% 0% $53,206 3 -1.64 35 100% — — — —
International Business 44 — 20% 16% 43% 0% 2% 14% $65,281 11 -0.81 65 95% — — — —
Management Information Systems and Statistics 55 — 53% 7% 60% 0% 11% 4% $74,538 12 -1.02 79 90% — — — —
Marketing 164 — 38% 18% 36% 1% 16% 4% $55,278 2 -1.74 41 94% — — — —
Tourism and Travel Services Management 64 — 36% 22% 33% 0% 3% 23% $52,087 13 -0.77 32 93% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $12,803
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $36,403
Est. In-State Cost $16,562
Est. Out-of-State Cost $47,091
ROI Percentile 51th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 81%
4-Year Graduation Rate 44%
6-Year Graduation Rate 64%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 23.0% 790 50% 16% 40% 1% 11% 7% $61,001 5 -1.22 56 93% 6.5%
Social Sciences 21.7% 746 25% 28% 22% 1% 17% 3% $51,293 15 -0.82 30 91% —
Health Sciences 10.2% 349 26% 15% 40% 1% 15% 1% $74,519 39 +0.03 79 95% —
Humanities 7.6% 261 30% 21% 26% 2% 15% 2% $43,375 2 -1.30 12 85% —
Education 7.4% 255 18% 22% 23% 3% 16% 2% $54,466 57 +0.02 39 89% 11.0%
Arts 6.8% 233 34% 25% 34% 0% 9% 2% $42,323 13 -1.15 11 89% —
Life & Natural Sciences 6.4% 219 33% 15% 42% 2% 11% 5% $54,947 7 -1.36 40 92% —
Engineering 5.6% 191 76% 10% 55% 0% 13% 2% $89,621 4 -1.05 91 96% —
Computer Science 4.9% 168 70% 7% 57% 1% 8% 2% $84,855 10 -1.14 88 98% —
Agriculture & Food Science 4.5% 154 26% 34% 19% 2% 16% 6% $53,324 18 -0.45 36 97% —
Physical Sciences & Math 2.1% 71 35% 31% 31% 0% 11% 6% $59,694 4 -1.01 53 81% —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $134M #24 64% $0.4M 25 #107 299 92
Life & Natural Sciences $94.2M #58 53% $0.8M 25 #91 109 6
Health Sciences $40.0M #82 60% $0.3M 9 #147 38 16
Engineering $31.2M #132 69% $0.6M 14 #160 123 16
Computer Science $29.6M #30 96% $0 6 #124 52 —
Agriculture & Food Science $29.0M #47 62% $0.3M 7 #65 50 15
Humanities & Social Sciences $6.3M #180 45% $0.1M 61 #84 228 3
Education $1.9M #179 19% $0.0M 26 #164 — —
Business & Economics $0.2M #305 41% $0 9 #141 28 —
Total $366M #80 63% $2.4M 182 #118 927 148

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 114 $12.1M $13.9M -$1.7M
Baseball 41 $1.8M $2.4M -$573K
Swimming & Diving 28 $496K $1.0M -$531K
Volleyball 18 $1.7M $1.4M $314K
Basketball 15 $2.2M $3.2M -$959K
Sailing 12 $34K $54K -$19K
Golf 9 $4.2M $448K $3.7M
Tennis 9 $319K $532K -$213K
Total 246 $22.9M $22.9M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 107 $1.0M $1.9M -$854K
Sailing 36 $146K $242K -$95K
Swimming & Diving 29 $812K $1.4M -$573K
Soccer 28 $835K $1.4M -$602K
Softball 27 $729K $1.4M -$704K
Water Polo 21 $688K $1.3M -$601K
Basketball 20 $1.5M $2.8M -$1.3M
Beach Volleyball 18 $403K $765K -$361K
Volleyball 14 $1.8M $1.6M $176K
Golf 10 $5.8M $534K $5.3M
Tennis 9 $394K $770K -$376K
Total 238 $14.2M $14.2M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 114 $12.1M $13.9M -$1.7M
Track & Field (combined) 107 $1.0M $1.9M -$854K
Swimming & Diving 57 $1.3M $2.4M -$1.1M
Sailing 48 $181K $296K -$115K
Baseball 41 $1.8M $2.4M -$573K
Basketball 35 $3.8M $6.0M -$2.3M
Volleyball 32 $3.5M $3.0M $491K
Soccer 28 $835K $1.4M -$602K
Softball 27 $729K $1.4M -$704K
Water Polo 21 $688K $1.3M -$601K
Golf 19 $10.0M $983K $9.0M
Beach Volleyball 18 $403K $765K -$361K
Tennis 18 $713K $1.3M -$589K
Total 484 $53.8M $53.8M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 88%
Yield (non-ED) 20%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 88% 88% 88%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional