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University of Hawaii - West Oahu was awarded 6 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general social sciences.
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UH West Oahu landed the #1,711 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UH West Oahu held the #1,737 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UH West Oahu is also ranked #7 out of 12 schools in Hawaii.
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University of Hawaii - West Oahu has an acceptance rate of 95%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for UH West Oahu.
About 9% of students accepted to UH West Oahu submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 650. Math scores were between 470 and 570.
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The student to faculty ratio at University of Hawaii - West Oahu is about average at 18 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Hawaii - West Oahu is 53%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At University of Hawaii - West Oahu this rate is 62%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 9% for first-time, full-time students at UH West Oahu, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,168 undergraduates at UH West Oahu with 1,759 being full-time and 1,409 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,708 | $13,870 | $13,554 | $17,137 | $19,498 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UH West Oahu, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UH West Oahu, approximately 25% of students took out student loans averaging $5,321 a year. That adds up to $21,284 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UH West Oahu is 3.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UH West Oahu are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 91-1001 Farrington Highway, Kapolei, HI 96707-4507 |
| Phone: | 808-689-2800 |
| Website: | https://westoahu.hawaii.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 270 | $38,207 |
| Public Administration | 139 | $36,241 |
| General Social Sciences | 134 | $30,814 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 79 | $43,515 |
| General Education | 33 | $46,264 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 26 | $27,522 |
| Graphic Communications | 25 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 2,978 students took at least one online class at University of Hawaii - West Oahu. This is a decrease from the 3,140 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,978 | 2,442 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,140 | 2,639 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,159 | 879 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,213 | 932 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,087 | 907 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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