College · Private nonprofit · Honolulu, HI · City
Chaminade University of Honolulu
Honolulu, HI
Religious affiliation
Admit rate91%
6-yr median pay$49k
Net price / yr$29k
Undergrad size1,672
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $29k/yr for a shot at a $49k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 91% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1060.
If you get in
1,672 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $46k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $29k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$183k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$115k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$68k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $30.9k
- Room & board
- $17.5k
- Books & supplies
- $1,600
How students pay for it.
Pell grants41%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans37%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$23k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $11k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention72%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr55%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$49k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$52k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,672
- Location
- Honolulu, HI
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Unknown28%
- Asian23%
- Two or more races16%
- Hispanic13%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander9%
- White8%
- Black2%
First-gen students42%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time17%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$28k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 26
What you can study.