Enrollment Trends at Hawaii Pacific

The student population at Hawaii Pacific University is 4,921 (3,533 undergraduate and 1,388 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 140 (2.93%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Hawaii Pacific is 71.79% which is decreased by 460 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 600 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 54 male students for every 100 female students, down from 73 in 2015.
1,219 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 86.68% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,462 where 4,921 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 4,921 students in 2025 and was lowest at 4,066 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 4,781 to 4,921 students, a net gain of 140 (2.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Hawaii Pacific University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,781	3,993	1,687	2,306	788	338	450
2016-17	4,066 -715	3,421 -572	1,441 -246	1,980 -326	645 -143	281 -57	364 -86
2017-18	4,146 80	3,560 139	1,430 -11	2,130 150	586 -59	261 -20	325 -39
2018-19	4,086 -60	3,545 -15	1,440 10	2,105 -25	541 -45	230 -31	311 -14
2019-20	4,170 84	3,695 150	1,476 36	2,219 114	475 -66	202 -28	273 -38
2020-21	4,243 73	3,800 105	1,425 -51	2,375 156	443 -32	184 -18	259 -14
2021-22	4,586 343	4,066 266	1,429 4	2,637 262	520 77	182 -2	338 79
2022-23	4,876 290	4,151 85	1,472 43	2,679 42	725 205	253 71	472 134
2023-24	4,748 -128	3,814 -337	1,392 -80	2,422 -257	934 209	314 61	620 148
2024-25	4,921 173	3,533 -281	1,322 -70	2,211 -211	1,388 454	407 93	981 361
Average	4,462	3,758	1,451	2,306	705	265	439

Hawaii Pacific University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,758 where 3,533 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Hawaii Pacific University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,993	2,826	1,066	1,760	1,167	621	546
2016-17	3,421	2,538	953	1,585	883	488	395
2017-18	3,560	2,411	841	1,570	1,149	589	560
2018-19	3,545	2,384	818	1,566	1,161	622	539
2019-20	3,695	2,217	752	1,465	1,478	724	754
2020-21	3,800	2,152	671	1,481	1,648	754	894
2021-22	4,066	2,548	752	1,796	1,518	677	841
2022-23	4,151	2,662	816	1,846	1,489	656	833
2023-24	3,814	2,384	732	1,652	1,430	660	770
2024-25	3,533	2,237	719	1,518	1,296	603	693
Average	3,758	3,758	812	1,624	3,758	639	683

Hawaii Pacific University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 705 where 1,388 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Hawaii Pacific University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	788	510	210	300	278	128	150
2016-17	645	444	188	256	201	93	108
2017-18	586	412	188	224	174	73	101
2018-19	541	352	146	206	189	84	105
2019-20	475	314	124	190	161	78	83
2020-21	443	313	129	184	130	55	75
2021-22	520	373	132	241	147	50	97
2022-23	725	498	184	314	227	69	158
2023-24	934	523	203	320	411	111	300
2024-25	1,388	638	226	412	750	181	569
Average	705	705	173	265	705	92	175

Hawaii Pacific University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 22.31% and the percentage of black students is 4.84% at Hawaii Pacific University. 14.12% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 19.20% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 27.76% to 22.31%. Asian enrollment declined from 15.77% to 14.12%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.08% to 4.84%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 13.72% to 19.20%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8333 which indicates that highly diverse. This decreased from 0.8524 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Hawaii Pacific University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	18	754	243	656	104	1,327	738
2016-17	25	650	209	553	85	1,129	575
2017-18	22	619	222	574	71	1,057	658
2018-19	14	566	239	594	69	950	700
2019-20	16	573	214	665	465	921	758
2020-21	13	609	202	697	449	895	1,024
2021-22	19	603	194	762	360	965	1,116
2022-23	16	599	218	832	321	1,023	1,198
2023-24	18	597	216	885	299	1,038	1,209
2024-25	19	695	238	945	265	1,098	1,152
Average	18	627	220	716	249	1,040	913

Hawaii Pacific University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,219 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has increased 86.68% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Hawaii Pacific University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,781	653	1,834	2,294
2016-17	4,066	549	1,489	2,028
2017-18	4,146	554	1,407	2,185
2018-19	4,086	537	1,488	2,061
2019-20	4,170	419	1,208	2,543
2020-21	4,243	621	1,357	2,265
2021-22	4,586	593	1,421	2,572
2022-23	4,876	627	2,837	1,412
2023-24	4,748	820	1,154	2,774
2024-25	4,921	1,219	1,188	2,514
Average	4,462	659	1,538	2,265

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