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Trends by state

Trends by state

Hawaii

7 colleges on the site — too few to summarize with a median (the site needs 10 or more). Here's who they are, and this state's biggest movers.

Colleges in Hawaii

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Where Hawaii's first-years come from

First-years crossing state lines, fall 2024

Inflow
1,740
Outflow
3,068
Net
-1,328

Hawaii's colleges enroll 0.6 first-years from other states for every Hawaii resident who starts college in another state, among four-year colleges on this site.

Colleges taking the most of the inflow

  1. University of Hawaii at Manoa65%
  2. Hawaii Pacific University19%
  3. Brigham Young University-Hawaii7%
  4. University of Hawaii at Hilo5%
  5. Chaminade University of Honolulu4%

One fall, over campus-based colleges only: not that fall, not for-profit, and not a campus that merged or split.

Biggest movers in Hawaii

Applications surged

, fall 2014 to fall 2024

Median college: +122.0% (3 colleges ranked)

  1. 1Hawaii Pacific University+204.3%4,668 → 14,206
  2. 2University of Hawaii at Manoa+122.0%7,532 → 16,722

Sources:IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;College Scorecard (enrollment), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (distance education), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Top 2 and how it's ranked

Grew the most

, fall 2014 to fall 2024

Median college: −17.1% (5 colleges ranked)

  1. 1Brigham Young University-Hawaii+14.5%2,522 → 2,889
  2. 2University of Hawaii at Manoa+10.0%13,667 → 15,029

Sources:College Scorecard (enrollment), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (distance education), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Top 2 and how it's ranked

Students pay much less

(in 2023–24 dollars), 2013–14 to 2023–24

Median college: −5.1% (5 colleges ranked)

  1. 1University of Hawaii at Hilo−21.0%$23,076 → $18,227
  2. 2Hawaii Pacific University−8.7%$36,108 → $32,974
  3. 3Brigham Young University-Hawaii−5.1%$17,616 → $16,714

Sources:IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2013–14 to 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2013–14 to 2023–24;College Scorecard (enrollment), Fall 2013 to Fall 2024;inflation: BLS CPI-U, school-year averagesAbout the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Top 3 and how it's ranked