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Most Favored Hawaii Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Hawaii. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
Brigham Young University-Hawaii, has the highest yield rate of 67.19% for academic year 2022-2023 in Hawaii. University of Hawaii-West Oahu is positioned second with 24.66% yield and Chaminade University of Honolulu follows them with 23%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Hawaii.
Most Favored Hawaii Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLaie, HI
67.19% 1,479 506 340 34.21%
2University of Hawaii-West Oahu
Public, four-yearsKapolei, HI
24.66% 909 876 216 96.37%
3Chaminade University of Honolulu
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHonolulu, HI
23.49% 1,381 1,290 303 93.41%
4University of Hawaii at Manoa
Public, four-yearsHonolulu, HI
22.50% 18,974 13,807 3,106 72.77%
5University of Hawaii at Hilo
Public, four-yearsHilo, HI
17.93% 2,595 2,186 392 84.24%
6Hawaii Pacific University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHonolulu, HI
5.00% 13,354 11,631 582 87.10%