unitid 141565 · Hilo, HI · public 4-year · town (remote)
University of Hawaii at Hilo
- enrollment 2023
- 3,421
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
61%
18th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
2,160
27th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
40%
undergrads on Pell grants
73rd pctl among public 4-years
completion
48%
finish within 150% time
55th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$21,173
42nd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$11,856
after aid, aided students
42nd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$47,856
after entry, Title IV students
43rd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$20,500
59th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $8,983 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k36%
- 30-48k19%
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $27,504
- First-generation students
- 37%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $7,838
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.3× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology, General. | 67 | $45,110 | $22,585 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 59 | $47,959 | $18,500 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. | 46 | $37,193 | $23,500 |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | 40 | $141,551 | $20,500 |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | 40 | $141,981 | — |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 37 | $44,892 | $20,753 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 37 | $93,992 | $26,875 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 36 | $46,521 | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 33 | $47,395 | $22,750 |
| Biology, General. | 24 | $61,366 | $21,750 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 22 | $52,130 | — |
| Agriculture, General. | 18 | — | $26,345 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.