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Hawaii Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) 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.
Hawaii Pacific University, has the lowest yield rate of 3.81% for academic year 2024-2025 in Hawaii. Chaminade University of Honolulu is positioned second with 16.49% yield and University of Hawaii at Manoa follows them with 21%. Next table shows the schools that have low 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 highest yield rates in Hawaii.
Hawaii Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Hawaii Pacific University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHonolulu, HI
3.81% 14,206 12,198 465 85.87%
2Chaminade University of Honolulu
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHonolulu, HI
16.49% 1,937 1,771 292 91.43%
3University of Hawaii at Manoa
Public, four-yearsHonolulu, HI
21.43% 16,722 14,481 3,103 86.60%
4University of Hawaii at Hilo
Public, four-yearsHilo, HI
24.66% 2,301 1,395 344 60.63%
5University of Hawaii-West Oahu
Public, four-yearsKapolei, HI
32.16% 773 737 237 95.34%
6Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLaie, HI
75.16% 1,020 479 360 46.96%