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University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

https://manoa.hawaii.edu

#202 National Colleges

58.47% Admission Rate
Somewhat Selective

12,255 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Public
  • Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
  • Four-year, full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
  • Four-year, large, primarily residential
  • Alaska Native Native Hawaiian Serving Institution
  • Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (University of Hawaii—Mānoa, U.H. Mānoa, and formally known as the University of Hawaiʻi, or simply UH) is a public land-grant research university in Mānoa, a neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi system and houses the main offices of the system. Most of the campus occupies the eastern half of the mouth of Mānoa Valley, with the John A. Burns School of Medicine located adjacent to the Kakaʻako Waterfront Park.

U.H. offers over 200 degree programs across 17 colleges and schools. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and governed by the Hawaii State Legislature and a semi-autonomous board of regents. It also a member of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, which represents 50 research universities across 16 countries.

Mānoa is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". It is a land-grant university that also participates in the sea-grant, space-grant, and sun-grant research consortia; it is one of only four such universities in the country (Oregon State University, Cornell University and Pennsylvania State University are the others).

Notable U.H. alumni include Robert Ballard, Richard Parsons, and the parents of Barack Obama, Barack Obama Sr. and Stanley Ann Dunham. Forty-four percent of Hawaii's state senators and 51 percent of its state representatives are U.H. graduates.


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Location

City
Honolulu, Hawaii

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Locale
City: Large (population of 250,000 or more)

Region
Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 21.6%
Engineering 8.8%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 7.9%
Social Sciences 7.7%
Health Professions And Related Programs 6.6%
Education 6.3%
Psychology 5.5%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 4.6%
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies 4.5%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 4.0%
Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 2.8%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 2.4%
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies 2.4%
Visual And Performing Arts 2.4%
English Language And Literature/Letters 2.1%
Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities 1.6%
Physical Sciences 1.2%
Natural Resources And Conservation 1.2%
Communications Technologies/Technicians And Support Services 1.1%
History 1.0%
Public Administration And Social Service Professions 1.0%
Architecture And Related Services 0.8%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0.8%
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, And Related Sciences 0.8%
Philosophy And Religious Studies 0.5%
Mathematics And Statistics 0.5%

Cost

In State Tuition
$12,186.00

Out of State Tuition
$34,218.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
33.34%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$15,030.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1170 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 640 585 530
Verbal 630 585 540

ACT Scores

24 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 26 23 19
English 26 23 20