Top colleges in Hawaii by 10-year ROI
Executive Summary
Bachelor’s-predominant institutions located in Hawaii with at least 200 students, sorted by the same 10-year ROI estimate used nationally. University of Hawaii at Manoa leads this list at $228,348 (10 Yr. ROI).
Leaders: top 3
University of Hawaii at Manoa
10 Yr. ROI
$228,348
University of Hawaii-West Oahu
10 Yr. ROI
$219,767
University of Hawaii at Hilo
10 Yr. ROI
$181,340
Top 6 Top colleges in Hawaii by 10-year ROI
| Rank | Institution | State | Control | Enrollment | 10 Yr. ROI | Also see |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | HI | Public | 15,029 | $228,348 | Grad 61.6% · Net $11,122 |
| 2 | University of Hawaii-West Oahu | HI | Public | 2,519 | $219,767 | Grad 48.4% · Net $8,144 |
| 3 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | HI | Public | 2,160 | $181,340 | Grad 40.2% · Net $10,599 |
| 4 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | HI | Private nonprofit | 2,889 | $166,218 | Grad 49.3% · Net $17,608 |
| 5 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | HI | Private nonprofit | 1,672 | $151,655 | Grad 53.5% · Net $24,793 |
| 6 | Hawaii Pacific University | HI | Private nonprofit | 2,392 | $119,447 | Grad 42.8% · Net $34,758 |
Method notes
- Underlying institution file: EDsmart Data processed College Scorecard extract merged to the IPEDS 2024 directory for HBCU and Carnegie fields.
- Cohort applied on this page: enrollment floor of 200 undergraduates; sorted highest first on 10 Yr. ROI; all 6 qualifying campuses are shown.
- Ties on the ranked metric are broken by enrollment, then institution name, so ranks stay stable between rebuilds.
- ROI column matches the processed college_roi_rankings series in this site build; see College Scorecard ROI methodology.
- How the 10-year ROI figure is built: median earnings reported 6, 8, and 10 years after entry (years 7 and 9 linearly interpolated) are summed across years 6–10, then average annual net price × typical years enrolled (five for bachelor’s-predominant campuses) is subtracted. It is a nominal-dollar gap—not discounted to present value, and it does not subtract earnings foregone while enrolled or compare against a no-college baseline. Campuses reporting only one of the three earnings years are excluded from these tables.
- School profile links use generated slugs; not every campus has a published profile page yet—use the Scorecard site as fallback.