For Hawaii Private colleges, the 2025 average undergraduate tuition & fees is $20,407.
Hawaii Pacific University has the highest undergraduate tuition & fees of $34,392 and Brigham Young University-Hawaii has the lowest tuition & fees of $6,630 among Hawaii Private colleges. For graduate programs, Chaminade University of Honolulu has the highest graduate tuition & fees of $26,880 and World Medicine Institute has the lowest graduate tuition & fees of $11,840 among Hawaii Private colleges.
The average COA of Hawaii Private colleges in 2025 is $38,879 including tuition, fees, books, supplies, room & board (on-campus), and other living expenses.
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition & Fees | $20,407 | $20,799 |
| Books & Supplies | $1,144 | $1,144 |
| Room & Board | $13,287 | $13,287 |
| Other Expenses | $4,040 | $4,040 |
| COA | $38,879 | $39,271 |
The 2025 average undergraduate tuition & fees of Hawaii Private colleges is $20,407. The average tuition is computed based on the largest program's tuition at each trade school.
The following table describes the changes of average tuition & fees for Hawaii Private colleges over last 5 years as well as recent year average tuition & fees.
| Tuition | Fees | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | $18,223 | $279 |
| 2021-2022 | $18,702 | $279 |
| 2022-2023 | $17,760 | $385 |
| 2023-2024 | $18,911 | $385 |
| 2024-2025 | $19,972 | $435 |
The average graduate program tuition & fees of Hawaii Private colleges in 2025 is $20,799.
The following table describes the changes of average graduate tuition & fees for Hawaii Private colleges over last 5 years.
| Tuition | Fees | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | $18,560 | $325 |
| 2021-2022 | $19,560 | $325 |
| 2022-2023 | $19,039 | $325 |
| 2023-2024 | $19,611 | $325 |
| 2024-2025 | $20,477 | $323 |
The undergraduate average cost per credit hour of Hawaii Private colleges in 2025 is $767.
The graduate average cost per credit hour is $1,013.
The following table describes the changes of tuition per credit hour over last 5 years.
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | $703 | $917 |
| 2021-2022 | $722 | $917 |
| 2022-2023 | $683 | $930 |
| 2023-2024 | $728 | $934 |
| 2024-2025 | $767 | $1,013 |
The average living costs of Hawaii Private colleges in 2025 is $17,328 when a student lives on campus such as dormitory and school's apartment and $18,047 living off campus including room, board, and other living expenses.
The following table describes the changes of average living costs over last 5 years for Hawaii Private colleges.
| On-Campus | Off-Campus | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Room&Board | Other Expenses | Room&Board | Other Expenses | |
| 2020-2021 | $12,259 | $3,964 | $11,238 | $3,977 |
| 2021-2022 | $12,137 | $3,983 | $10,656 | $3,997 |
| 2022-2023 | $11,731 | $3,652 | $11,413 | $3,952 |
| 2023-2024 | $12,606 | $3,950 | $11,557 | $4,250 |
| 2024-2025 | $13,287 | $4,040 | $13,524 | $4,523 |