College · Private nonprofit · Honolulu, HI · City
Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, HI
Admit rate86%
6-yr median pay$49k
Net price / yr$30k
Undergrad size2,392
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $30k/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 86% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1111 · ACT 25.
If you get in
2,392 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $51k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $30k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$203k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$119k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$84k
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
- $34.4k
- Room & board
- $21.1k
- Books & supplies
- $872
How students pay for it.
Pell grants21%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans23%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$22k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention57%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr35%
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$60k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out45%
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
- 2,392
- Location
- Honolulu, HI
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White28%
- Hispanic25%
- Two or more races16%
- Asian16%
- Black7%
- International4%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander3%
- Unknown2%
First-gen students36%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time15%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$43k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 38
What you can study.