Colleges in Hawaii

Hawaii has 9 private and 4 public 4-year colleges that enroll 32,411 freshman students every year. The average tuition of public colleges is $7,074 (for in-state students) and $20,346 (for out-of-state students). The private colleges charge around $14,221 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2016-2017 academic year, the state of Hawaii provided $1,134,445 in financial aid to 462 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates, while the colleges themselves awarded $15,336,412 in grant and scholarships to 2,504 students.

Hawaii receives less than 1% of the total pell grant allotment from the federal government. In 2016-2017 academic year, 1,433 4-year colleges freshmen were awarded a total amount of $6,229,609 in pell grant ($4,644 per student on average) and 1,550 students received a total amount of $8,265,730 in the form of student loan from the federal government ($5,436 per student on average).