Enrollment Trends at UHH

The student population at University of Hawaii at Hilo is 2,668 (2,292 undergraduate and 376 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,161 (30.32%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UHH is 85.91% which is decreased by 968 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 193 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 56 male students for every 100 female students, down from 62 in 2015.
489 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 129.58% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,265 where 2,668 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 3,829 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,668 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,829 to 2,668 students, a net loss of 1,161 (30.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,829	3,260	1,259	2,001	569	205	364
2016-17	3,666 -163	3,075 -185	1,170 -89	1,905 -96	591 22	216 11	375 11
2017-18	3,539 -127	2,971 -104	1,091 -79	1,880 -25	568 -23	203 -13	365 -10
2018-19	3,406 -133	2,816 -155	986 -105	1,830 -50	590 22	208 5	382 17
2019-20	3,372 -34	2,818 2	1,029 43	1,789 -41	554 -36	201 -7	353 -29
2020-21	3,165 -207	2,671 -147	954 -75	1,717 -72	494 -60	164 -37	330 -23
2021-22	3,243 78	2,763 92	973 19	1,790 73	480 -14	147 -17	333 3
2022-23	2,977 -266	2,593 -170	913 -60	1,680 -110	384 -96	120 -27	264 -69
2023-24	2,781 -196	2,424 -169	887 -26	1,537 -143	357 -27	102 -18	255 -9
2024-25	2,668 -113	2,292 -132	845 -42	1,447 -90	376 19	110 8	266 11
Average	3,265	2,768	1,011	1,758	496	168	329

University of Hawaii at Hilo Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,768 where 2,292 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 University of Hawaii at Hilo since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,260	2,548	1,017	1,531	712	242	470
2016-17	3,075	2,440	957	1,483	635	213	422
2017-18	2,971	2,340	890	1,450	631	201	430
2018-19	2,816	2,233	800	1,433	583	186	397
2019-20	2,818	2,204	815	1,389	614	214	400
2020-21	2,671	2,112	769	1,343	559	185	374
2021-22	2,763	1,975	696	1,279	788	277	511
2022-23	2,593	1,834	666	1,168	759	247	512
2023-24	2,424	1,824	685	1,139	600	202	398
2024-25	2,292	1,774	688	1,086	518	157	361
Average	2,768	2,768	798	1,330	2,768	212	428

University of Hawaii at Hilo Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 496 where 376 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 University of Hawaii at Hilo since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	569	418	163	255	151	42	109
2016-17	591	423	168	255	168	48	120
2017-18	568	403	143	260	165	60	105
2018-19	590	411	147	264	179	61	118
2019-20	554	394	140	254	160	61	99
2020-21	494	349	116	233	145	48	97
2021-22	480	294	84	210	186	63	123
2022-23	384	231	68	163	153	52	101
2023-24	357	224	57	167	133	45	88
2024-25	376	219	62	157	157	48	109
Average	496	496	115	222	496	53	107

University of Hawaii at Hilo Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 18.63% and the percentage of black students is 1.16% at University of Hawaii at Hilo. 14.66% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 16.19% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 21.34% to 18.63%. Asian enrollment declined from 20.29% to 14.66%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.12% to 1.16%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.59% to 16.19%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7922 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7963 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Hawaii at Hilo 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	22	777	43	482	377	817	1,157
2016-17	18	752	45	485	349	738	1,140
2017-18	15	688	52	499	326	699	1,109
2018-19	14	655	45	506	277	633	1,133
2019-20	20	608	42	501	276	626	1,148
2020-21	17	565	44	472	238	585	1,146
2021-22	23	556	33	494	249	625	1,134
2022-23	29	459	32	452	229	591	1,051
2023-24	23	420	34	428	228	531	974
2024-25	28	391	31	432	261	497	907
Average	21	587	40	475	281	634	1,090

University of Hawaii at Hilo Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

489 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 129.58% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Hawaii at Hilo from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,829	213	725	2,891
2016-17	3,666	161	644	2,861
2017-18	3,539	252	861	2,426
2018-19	3,406	271	809	2,326
2019-20	3,372	209	894	2,269
2020-21	3,165	3,018	99	48
2021-22	3,243	1,515	1,348	380
2022-23	2,977	730	1,727	520
2023-24	2,781	531	1,527	723
2024-25	2,668	489	1,237	942
Average	3,265	739	987	1,539

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