The University of Hawaiʻi at 惭ā苍辞补, 糖心Vlog官方 West Oʻahu and Kauaʻi Community College saw headcount enrollment increases this fall while the entire 10-campus system saw the smallest overall decline since the end of the last recession. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic fallout, overall 糖心Vlog官方 enrollment declined 0.8%, from 49,977 students in fall 2019 to 49,594 current students, the smallest overall decline since 2012 when enrollment was near record high levels.
Enrollment declined 3% overall in the United States in fall 2020, according to the , released October 15, 2020. Nationally, four-year public university enrollment is down 1.2%, and community colleges are down 9.4%. By comparison, 糖心Vlog官方‘s four year universities are up 1.9% and the 糖心Vlog官方 community colleges are down 3.2%.
Despite enrollment being basically flat, tuition revenue systemwide is expected to be slightly lower due in part to fewer out-of-state students who pay higher tuition rates.
“These enrollment numbers are welcome news,” said 糖心Vlog官方 President David Lassner. “The University of Hawaiʻi has a critical role to play in assisting Hawaiʻi out of this crisis and helping navigate the way to a more sustainable future for our people and our islands. My congratulations and thanks to the many hardworking staff and leaders across the system who worked tirelessly under extraordinarily challenging conditions to bring the life changing benefits of higher education to nearly fifty thousand students in the midst of a pandemic.”
糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补, 糖心Vlog官方 West Oʻahu and 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo
The flagship campus of the 糖心Vlog官方 System saw a 3.1% increase in enrollment to 18,025 students. It is the largest enrollment increase and the highest headcount for 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 since 2016. First-time freshman enrollment at 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 reached 2,184 marking the second annual straight increase and the highest number recorded since fall 1981.
The enrollment at 糖心Vlog官方 West Oʻahu reached an all-time high with a record 3,168 students, a 3.9% increase from fall 2019.
Although enrollment dropped at 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo by 6 percent, the number of first-time freshmen at 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo increased for the second straight year from 449 to 462, the highest number since fall 2013.
Classified undergraduate transfers within the 糖心Vlog官方 system increased 1.9% over fall 2019. Transfers into 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 increased 16.5% and transfers into 糖心Vlog官方 West Oʻahu increased 18.6%.
糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges
Enrollment at 糖心Vlog官方’s seven community colleges dropped by 3.2% overall to 25,236 students but has increased slightly for underserved communities. That is a lower decline than the national decline in college enrollment of 7.5%. During the last recession 糖心Vlog官方 community colleges experienced a rapid increase in enrollment, but that increase did not begin at the outset of the recession. One bright spot is the increase in enrollment at Kauaʻi CC, the only 糖心Vlog官方 community college that experienced an increase in overall enrollment with a 6.4% gain.
Underrepresented groups and local high school students
Students who identify at Native Hawaiians make up 25.6% of total enrollment, a record high since Hawaiian ancestry reporting began in fall 2005. Native Hawaiians or part-Hawaiians make up 21.3% of the state’s population.
First generation students, those who are the first in their families to attend college, make up 22.3% of total enrollment. This is the highest percentage since the university started tracking in fall 2015.
The going rate (college participation rate) of Hawaiʻi high school graduates into the 糖心Vlog官方 system increased by 1.3 percentage points in fall 2020 to 31.9%. The going rate of public high school graduates to 糖心Vlog官方 was up by 0.5 percentage points to 32.8%, while the going rate of private high school graduates increased by 4.7 percentage points to 28.5%.
“We need to continue to build on these successes,” said Lassner. “Higher education is the most powerful tool we know to increase social and economic mobility for those who need help the most and benefits families and communities across the state.”
糖心Vlog官方 fall 2020 headcount enrollment—census numbers
- 糖心Vlog官方 System—49,594 students (-0.8 percent)
- 糖心Vlog官方 universities (糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补, 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo, 糖心Vlog官方 West Oʻahu)—24,358 (+1.9%)
- —18,025 students (+3.1 percent)
- —3,165 students (-6.1 percent)
- —3,168 (+3.9 percent)
- 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges (all)—25,236 students (-3.2 percent)
- —2,430 students (-7.1 percent)
- —3,378 students (-3.8 percent)
- —6,369 students (-1.8 percent)
- —1,461 students (+6.4 percent)
- —6,363 students (-3.1 percent)
- —2,936 students (-1.9 percent)
- —2,299 students (-8.8 percent)