UH Strategic Directions Measures

  • Definition: Based on Common Data set survey methodology.
    Includes:
    •   First-time, undergraduate students at the institution
    •   Only loans made to student while enrolled at the institution
  • Excludes:
    •   Transfer-in students
    •   Money borrowed at other institutions
    •   Parent PLUS loans
    •   Pharmacy BA degrees since Pharmacy BA students are planning to be graduate degree seekers
  • Based on first degree earned
  • Adjusted for inflation using CPI for Honolulu where FY 11-12=100 (Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

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Average Total Debt Per Undergraduate Completer - UH 4-Year Institutions

  Campus
FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017
  UH Mānoa $20,216 $21,659 $21,489 $23,413 $21,994 $22,211 $22,258
  UH Hilo $25,476 $19,391 $21,721 $19,760 $22,134 $21,793 $26,350
  UH West Oʻahu $13,292 $12,229 $15,643 $14,725 $17,351 $16,960
Average Total Debt Per Undergraduate Completer - UH 2-Year Institutions

  Campus
FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017
    Hawaiʻi CC $4,764 $8,458 $9,785 $8,819 $10,489 $10,854 $10,830
    Honolulu CC $3,095 $4,955 $5,364 $5,961 $7,969 $9,276 $7,151
    Kapiʻolani CC $8,647 $8,602 $11,872 $10,922 $12,027 $12,002 $10,674
    Kauaʻi CC $6,317 $9,503 $7,956 $7,424 $8,726 $8,906 $8,033
    Leeward CC $5,327 $8,571 $8,142 $9,019 $9,089 $8,299 $10,810
    UH Maui College $12,991 $15,319 $17,177 $18,092 $16,973 $17,124 $16,652
    Windward CC $4,078 $7,566 $9,250 $11,119 $9,237 $11,999 $10,117
Average Total Debt Per Undergraduate Completer - Common Data Set

  Campus
FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017
  UH Mānoa $16,847 $19,742 $21,659 $21,872 $24,175 $22,937 $23,619 $24,269
  UH Hilo $16,410 $24,878 $19,391 $22,108 $20,403 $23,083 $23,174 $28,731

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