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Tightest Hawaii Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Hawaii colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Brigham Young University-Hawaii has the lowest acceptance rate as of 34.21% for academic year 2022-2023 in Hawaii. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Hawaii.
Tightest Hawaii Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLaie, HI
34.21%1,47950634067.19%
2University of Hawaii at Manoa
Public, four-yearsHonolulu, HI
72.77%18,97413,8073,10622.50%
3University of Hawaii at Hilo
Public, four-yearsHilo, HI
84.24%2,5952,18639217.93%
4Hawaii Pacific University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHonolulu, HI
87.10%13,35411,6315825.00%
5Chaminade University of Honolulu
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHonolulu, HI
93.41%1,3811,29030323.49%
6University of Hawaii-West Oahu
Public, four-yearsKapolei, HI
96.37%90987621624.66%