College · Private nonprofit · Mangilao, GU · Suburb
Pacific Islands University
Mangilao, GU
Religious affiliation
Admit rate100%
6-yr median pay—
Net price / yr$9k
Undergrad size61
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $9k/yr. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 100% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
61 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $13k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $9k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$52k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$37k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$15k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $7.2k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $7.5k
- Room & board
- $4.6k
- Books & supplies
- $300
How students pay for it.
Pell grants100%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans0%
Share taking out federal student loans.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention91%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr67%
Majority finish.
10-yr median pay$21k
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
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 61
- Location
- Mangilao, GU
- Region
- Outlying Areas (AS, FM, GU, MH, MP, PR, PW, VI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander64%
- Unknown26%
- White3%
- Hispanic3%
- Two or more races3%
First-gen students39%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time33%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$0k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 2
What you can study.