-18%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at University of Hawaii at Hilo fell 18% between 2021 and 2024 (2.6k → 2.2k).
Hawaii · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hilo, Hawaii. 2,260 undergraduate students. 74 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of Hawaii at Hilo
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at University of Hawaii at Hilo fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.3% → 0.0%).
+13%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at University of Hawaii at Hilo rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 (42.7% → 48.4%).
+10%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at University of Hawaii at Hilo rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 (27.3% → 30.1%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Hawaii
Each tile compares this institution to the Hawaii median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$47,856+29% · 6→10y
Hawaii median $42,561$37,204
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry41.6%+95% · '97→'24
Hawaii median 41.4%$12,500+303% · '97→'20
At program completion2,260-10% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS69.8%+14% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time89.8%+2% · '01→'24
latest cohort$7,838+435% · '00→'24
out-of-state $20,798SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.5%Median federal debt $12,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $47,856 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+95%
University of Hawaii at Hilo · completion · 150% rose
24.8% → 48.4%
+496%
University of Hawaii at Hilo · completion · 100% rose
5.1% → 30.1%
+14%
University of Hawaii at Hilo · retention rose
64.0% → 72.8%
+435%
University of Hawaii at Hilo · in-state tuition rose
$1,466 → $7,838
+194%
University of Hawaii at Hilo · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,082 → $20,798
+303%
University of Hawaii at Hilo · median debt rose
$5,085 → $20,500
-100%
University of Hawaii at Hilo · cohort default rate fell
9.3% → 0.0%
+22%
University of Hawaii at Hilo · pell share rose
33.2% → 40.4%
+20%
University of Hawaii at Hilo · earnings_median_10yr rose
$39,800 → $47,856
+21%
University of Hawaii at Hilo · earnings_median_8yr rose
$34,500 → $41,883
+31%
University of Hawaii at Hilo · earnings_median_6yr rose
$28,300 → $37,204
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.$141,981Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.$141,551Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$93,992Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$62,845Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.$61,507Biology, General.$61,366Natural Resources Conservation and Research.$52,130Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$51,561Business Administration, Management and Operations.$47,959Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$47,395Accounting and Related Services.$47,061Criminal Justice and Corrections.$46,521Psychology, General.$45,110Communication and Media Studies.$44,892Natural Resources Conservation and Research.$41,041Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.$37,193Sociology.$36,076Anthropology.$34,470
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
18 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
AREA, ETHNIC & CULTURAL STUDIES · CIP 05
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of Hawaii at Hilo
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$1,453,924
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $12,607
- HS-only baseline · HI
- $39,200
- Years to complete
- 7
- CIP family
- 51
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Hawaii
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“University of Hawaii at Hilo graduates earn $X” — not “University of Hawaii at Hilo makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of Hawaii at Hilo caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.