The Big Island of Hawaiʻi is a natural living laboratory of active volcanoes, deep oceans, the world’s best telescopes and a rich cultural landscape. UH Hilo bachelor’s and master’s degree programs take advantage of it all.
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Areas of Excellence
Atmosphere
The UH Hilo campus is safe and personal, similar to a small private college.
National Rankings
UH Hilo ranks in the top 10 for both ethnic diversity and the low percentage of students with debt at graduation, according to U.S. News and World Reports.
Hawaiian Studies
UH Hilo is the only place in the nation where students can earn a master’s degree in indigenous language studies.
Natural Laboratory
The Big Island of Hawaiʻi is an unparalleled natural laboratory for the study of volcanoes, astronomy, agriculture and marine sciences.
Fast Facts about UH Hilo
Degrees and Programs
Enrollment
- Undergraduate: 2,816
- Graduate: 590
- Total: 3,406
Student to Faculty Ratio*
- 12:1
* fall 2017
Age and Gender*
- Average age: 24.6 years old
- Men: 35.8%
- Women: 64.2%
* full-time students
Enrollment Status
- Full-time: 77.6 %
- Part-time: 22.4%
Pell Grant Recipients*
- 55%
* of eligible, full-time students
Student Diversity (full-time students)
- Caucasian 22%
- Chinese 2%
- Filipino 8%
- Hawaiian/ Part Hawaiian 29%
- Japanese 6%
- Mixed 14%
- Pacific Islander 6%
- All Other 13%
- Caucasian 22%
- Chinese 2%
- Filipino 8%
- Hawaiian/ Part Hawaiian 29%
- Japanese 6%
- Mixed 14%
- Pacific Islander 6%
- All Other 13%
Residency
- Hawai‘i 73.2%
- U.S. Mainland 19.3%
- U.S. Affiliated 4.1%
- Foreign 3.4%
- Unknown 0.0%
- Hawai‘i 73.2%
- U.S. Mainland 19.3%
- U.S. Affiliated 4.1%
- Foreign 3.4%
- Unknown 0.0%
Figures from the Institutional Research & Analysis Office, Fall 2018.
University of Hawai‘i Hilo news
- International award for Native Hawaiian health teaching team
- Hawaiʻi CC, UH Hilo duo maps traditional Hawaiian landscape
- Soccer and volleyball stars earn top UH Hilo athletic honors
- UH Hilo School of Nursing receives reaccreditation through 2029
- Empowering conference for Pacific Islander students held at UH Hilo
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Contact Information and Location
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
200 W. Kawili St.
Hilo, HI 96720
(808) 932-7799
toll free (800) 897-HILO
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