Most Favored Hawaii Colleges

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 75.16% for academic year 2024-2025 in Hawaii. University of Hawaii-West Oahu is positioned second with 32.16% yield and University of Hawaii at Hilo follows them with 25%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Hawaii.

Most Favored Hawaii Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Brigham Young University-Hawaii Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLaie, HI	75.16%	1,020	479	360	46.96%
2	University of Hawaii-West Oahu Public, four-yearsKapolei, HI	32.16%	773	737	237	95.34%
3	University of Hawaii at Hilo Public, four-yearsHilo, HI	24.66%	2,301	1,395	344	60.63%
4	University of Hawaii at Manoa Public, four-yearsHonolulu, HI	21.43%	16,722	14,481	3,103	86.60%
5	Chaminade University of Honolulu Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHonolulu, HI	16.49%	1,937	1,771	292	91.43%
6	Hawaii Pacific University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHonolulu, HI	3.81%	14,206	12,198	465	85.87%

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Most Favored Hawaii Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

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