UH Strategic Directions Measures

Percent of Non-Transfer Graduates with Debt
  • 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
  • 4-year campus data based on first degree earned. CC campus data based on highest degree earned.
  • Percent of Non-Transfer Graduates with Debt = # of Non-Transfer Graduates with debt / # of Total Non-Transfer Graduates

Download this Percent of Non-Transfer Graduates Debt Chart (pdf)

Percent of Non-Transfer Graduates with Debt
Academic Year

  Campus		 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020
  UH Mānoa 46.1% 46.9% 47.4% 45.2% 45.0% 40.5% 39.8%
  UH Hilo 58.1% 58.5% 52.9% 58.3% 60.7% 53.2% 52.7%
  UH West Oʻahu 44.8% 45.2% 35.4% 46.1% 34.4% 39.3% 38.8%
    Hawaiʻi CC 22.1% 18.9% 16.1% 17.1% 15.1% 14.2% 13.8%
    Honolulu CC 16.2% 19.4% 17.8% 18.7% 22.8% 16.1% 12.5%
    Kapiʻolani CC 10.1% 14.4% 12.5% 13.6% 12.5% 12.2% 10.2%
    Kauaʻi CC 28.5% 22.2% 36.0% 15.5% 17.4% 9.7% 16.2%
    Leeward CC 12.3% 9.5% 10.4% 9.6% 9.9% 10.4% 7.4%
    UH Maui College 41.5% 36.1% 39.4% 26.7% 26.0% 22.6% 14.6%
    Windward CC 35.9% 39.0% 31.8% 31.0% 23.9% 26.4% 23.0%

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